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[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 141 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

The article is AI slop whose only citation is a deleted Reddit post.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 62 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, I'm no fan of Kirk but this article is 90% "she may have had ties to X which means she could have done Y."

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 27 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Ibtimes has been predominantly clickbait slop since long before LLMs were even a thing. I recall seeing them pop up with good SEO and shitty worthless content circa 2010.

So I am not the least bit surprised to hear they'd have embraced AI slop.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip 5 points 15 hours ago

I've always thought of them as Irritable Bowel Times, which certainly reflects their content.