Shufei had a great idea in conversation on Mastodon: Eventually soon the disinformation will be so thick that vetting for truth on the internet will become practically impossible. Industrialized libel by LLM will front data protection rackets: pay a fee to get your name clear from lies of varying severity. I don’t see a way […]
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Rise of the machines
Francis Saele posted a link to an article by Steve Carey in Inc. on his Linkedin, and I found it very worthwhile sharing, too—even if Inc.’s firewall comes down on you saying that you’ve exceeded your quota of free articles. (That quota appears to be zero for some of us. Fortunately there are always ways […]
Semrush users’ damage still felt one year on, thanks to Google ‘AI overviews’
Semrush’s Keyword Magic Tool continues to wreak damage a year after Semrush users chose to write disinformation about me based on what the program said were trending keywords. Semrush later admitted, when I confronted them publicly on Reddit, that its system makes predictions as well, so we now know that what it claims to be […]
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Weekend thoughts: farewell, Ian Crawford; online disinformation; Alibaba and Amazon scrapers
It was sad to read of the passing of Ian Crawford, the former TV producer, whom I got to know through Lucire in his post-Crawfords career. I never pressed Ian about Crawford Productions and preferred to keep things on topic about his Pacific resort. It was out of respect as I had the sense (rightly […]
No matter how bad you had it, someone had it worse
Two things: I did say “AI” programs would ultimately make up false stories about us all. And what happened to me in 2024 was not as bad as what happened to Arve Hjalmar Holmen in Norway. There are still a few disinformation stories left about me—about four more where companies who would normally enforce their […]
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Finally, progress with Wix and their fraudulent client
I don’t know if it was the timing of my previous post—or whether this, too, fell into the category of, ‘If you want something done, ask a woman to do it.’ Today I received an email from Elisa at Wix Support announcing that Emerald Sky’s fraudulent post no longer featured my name. Once again, just […]
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Wrapping up the year of disinformation?
I thought Emerald Sky Group had removed its disinformation post, falsely claiming to be working with me and having my endorsement. It’s a blatant attempt to trade off my reputation, even though I’ve spotted articles where their lads are bragging about how good they are. Well, you can’t be that good if you need to […]
Twenty twenty-four, the year of “AI slop”
The tricky thing in 2024 was, obviously, disinformation. More disinformation articles went up about yours truly than anything legitimate like press releases or media interviews. In other words, there was more “AI slop” going online—something mirrored in other parts of the web. As Cybarbie on Mastodon noted: ‘The surveillance people screwed themselves really, since we […]
Wix’s terms of service are just for show—they’re OK with fraud
Ethical players, steer clear of Wix. Unlike most hosts, their terms and conditions are just for show, and are unenforced. In other words, I can report fraud, but they won’t lift a finger. From me to Wix, December 10: Dear Wix Abuse Team: A customer of yours has posted false content, misrepresenting me and […]
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Emerald Sky: incapable of doing the hard work without trading off someone else’s good name
There are still some disinformation articles out there that Semrush caused, and one that was more recent—after Semrush’s admission that my name was actually never trending—is from a mob called Emerald Sky Group (emeraldskygroup.com). I’ve advised them on email and in the comments to a sycophantic post about them that what they have written […]