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'Pink Slime' Partisan Sites Are Feeding AI Chatbots Before Midterms

Original: 'Pink Slime' Is Infecting AI Chatbots Ahead of the Midterms

Politico reports that low-quality partisan news outlets known as 'pink slime' are being cited by AI chatbots, spreading misleading political content as the US midterms approach. The concern is that voters querying chatbots for election information may receive answers drawn from these disguised partisan sources, amplifying misinformation through a trusted-seeming medium.

Why now: Concern that AI chatbots are amplifying partisan misinformation is growing just ahead of the US midterm elections.

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• 'Pink Slime' Is Infecting AI Chatbots Ahead of the Midterms · JumpCrisscross · 10

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