• SpruceBringsteen
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    19 hours ago

    It’s a bot, it’s probably generating images from articles as soon as they publish. Probably so reddit can pump engagement stats for the board.

    • Ech@lemmy.ca
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      19 hours ago

      Still stupid. If it can scrape the article, it can scrape the photos.

      • DreamMachine
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        16 hours ago

        It’s just an extension of rewriting, they want to host “original” content over reposts, but rarely care about accuracy.

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        18 hours ago

        But our buddy in AI image generation needs a capital B too, so we’re pumping their numbers as well.