📈 Monday data: Damming the slop floods
Exponential View Azeem Azhar
AI-generated content is spreading across media, with press releases, music, and audio dramas increasingly relying on automated production while audience engagement remains limited in some areas. Nearly half of press releases had a ~50% chance of containing AI-generated text in June this year, and Pocket FM reported its AI-powered content reaching 93% of its catalog output. Publishers and platforms are responding with tighter discovery and verification mechanisms, while lawsuits, detection licensing, and calls for better-funded auditing are reshaping how AI content is accepted or filtered online.
Why it matters
AI makes content cheap. Who pays to make it trustworthy?