NewsGuard: Analysis: in May and June 2023, 141 major brands ran ads, mostly via Google Ads, across 55 low-quality sites with AI-generated articles, some posting ~1,200/day  —  NewsGuard identified 141 brands that are feeding programmatic ad dollars to low-quality AI-generated news and information sites operating with little to no human oversight Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Fung / CNN: A look at how the $42.5B US broadband infrastructure plan will be allocated: Texas leads with $3.3B+, California gets $1.8B+, Missouri gets $1.7B+, and more  —  The Biden administration on Monday outlined how states across the country will be receiving billions of dollars in federal funding … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Meyer / Fortune: A last-minute amendment to an Irish bill would allow the Data Protection Commission to declare some info in privacy complaints confidential, causing an uproar  —  European privacy advocates are hopping mad at what they see as an attempt by the Irish government to draw a veil over the activities … Lees verder op Tech Meme

NewsGuard: Analysis: in May and June 2023, 141 major brands ran programmatic Google ads on 55 low-quality sites, each producing 1,200+ AI-generated articles/day on average  —  NewsGuard identified 141 brands that are feeding programmatic ad dollars to low-quality AI-generated news and information sites operating with little to no human oversight Lees verder op Tech Meme