Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoTop news app caught sharing “entirely false” AI-generated newsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarerowrowrowyourboat@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days ago“NewsBreak”, a free app with roots in China that is the most downloaded news app in the United States. Never heard of it. Hard to believe it’s the most downloaded news app. I guess I’m out of touch.
minus-squarescottrepreneur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days ago50M+ downloads on Google Play. Hard to verify if farmed tho.
minus-squareWhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoI was expecting it to be Ground News considering how much they advertize on YouTube.
minus-squareKairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days ago“Most downloaded” just means “biggest phone farm”.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoDo most Americans really get their news from Chinese AI now? I can’t really believe that but then sadly maybe I can…
minus-squareFiniteBanjo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoProbably propogated by TikTok or similar operations, I hope the 2 new laws passed alongside the tiktok forced sale makes them divest and stop sharing data overseas.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoChina will always win. It’s just a numbers game at this point. Thankfully I’ll be dead and gone by then.
“NewsBreak”, a free app with roots in China that is the most downloaded news app in the United States.
Never heard of it. Hard to believe it’s the most downloaded news app. I guess I’m out of touch.
50M+ downloads on Google Play. Hard to verify if farmed tho.
I was expecting it to be Ground News considering how much they advertize on YouTube.
“Most downloaded” just means “biggest phone farm”.
Do most Americans really get their news from Chinese AI now? I can’t really believe that but then sadly maybe I can…
Probably propogated by TikTok or similar operations, I hope the 2 new laws passed alongside the tiktok forced sale makes them divest and stop sharing data overseas.
China will always win. It’s just a numbers game at this point. Thankfully I’ll be dead and gone by then.