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Partisan 'Pink Slime' Content Spreads Through AI Chatbots Before Midterms

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

Politico reports that low-quality, partisan news content dubbed 'pink slime' is being picked up and repeated by AI chatbots as the US midterm elections approach. The concern is that chatbots trained on or retrieving from networks of ideologically slanted local news sites could present biased narratives to voters as neutral information, amplifying political spin without clear labeling.

Why now: Readers are alarmed that AI assistants may spread disguised partisan propaganda to voters ahead of the US midterm elections.

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