@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-09-14 21:29:59
This bot thing is fascinating... and also illustrates why the Open Social Web including Mastodon is going to prevail in this hellscape the billionaires started.
"The messages are the work of iLands, a company whose website appears to be substantially written by poorly trained AI. While the independently minded Mastodon admins have largely blocked the bots, iLands agents have found homes on both Bluesky and X.”
#Ars #Mastodon #Bots #AI #fake #slop #opensocialweb
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/ai-agents-flood-the-internet-with-slop-infused-spam/
