Hackers' Pub

So the solution to AI scams is... more AI. We have all seen the increase in AI generated scams. The solution to that is more AI? Maybe the reason more ads are being blocked is that there is actually just a lot more scams due to AI making it easier to make?

I still believe that the move from contextual ads to surveillance based ads was and is a massive mistake and the way to fix that is to ban surveillance based ads.

Contextual ads were also a lot more manual, most of the time, meaning scams were harder. Time to learn from mistakes and get rid of surveillance based ads?

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/google-used-ai-to-block-three-times-more-fraudulent-advertisers-in-2024/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#AI #Scam #surveillance

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