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Filmmaker Shows AI Flooding Internet With Fake Content

5/7/2026

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Filmmaker Mario Sixtus documents AI-generated content flooding the internet and threatening its usefulness.
Automated bots produce massive disinformation, synthetic images and sounds that overwhelm online spaces.
The documentary shows a few command-line prompts can generate meaningless self-help books and fake-news videos.
Experts discuss sustainable-internet solutions as a Kenyan click worker trains AI and a New York podcaster clones himself with it.

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Story summary

Filmmaker Mario Sixtus documents AI-generated content flooding the internet and threatening its usefulness.
Automated bots produce massive disinformation, synthetic images and sounds that overwhelm online spaces.
The documentary shows a few command-line prompts can generate meaningless self-help books and fake-news videos.
Experts discuss sustainable-internet solutions as a Kenyan click worker trains AI and a New York podcaster clones himself with it.