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Junk websites filled with AI-generated text are pulling in money from programmatic ads (www.technologyreview.com)
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Junk websites filled with AI-generated text are pulling in money from programmatic ads::More than 140 brands are advertising on low-quality content farm sites —and the problem is growing fast.

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[–] funkpandemic@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some ads are paid on a "per view" basis rather than per click

[–] jecxjo@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

When the sites are bot built like the ones described here its just a matter of Large Numbers. Create a thousand permutations of porhub and if they all only get a few thousand views a day in total you've made some money.