July 10th, 2024

TUAW Returns as a Gross, Zombie AI-Generated Garbage Site

TUAW acquired by Web Orange Limited, now AI-generated with fake content and identities. Criticized for recycling historic contributors' names. Labeled a scam and "garbage farm" for low-quality content. Users warned against visiting.

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TUAW Returns as a Gross, Zombie AI-Generated Garbage Site

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) has been acquired by Web Orange Limited and transformed into an AI-generated blog with fake content and contributor identities. Despite claiming to provide authoritative Apple-related journalism, the site has been criticized for recycling historic contributors' names with new bios and photos. The revamped TUAW has been denounced as a scam, prompting the perpetrators to change real names to fake ones. The site's questionable practices have led to it being labeled as a "garbage farm" generating low-quality content. Users are advised to avoid visiting TUAW.com due to its deceptive nature and lack of credibility.

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By @sgerenser - 5 months
It appears they just set it loose on MacRumors, telling it to rewrite the stories using different phrasing and a made up bio line. But pretty much every story maps 1:1 with MacRumors.
By @kyleyeats - 5 months
Don't be mad at the people who bought TUAW. Be mad at the people who hawked TUAW.
By @tivert - 5 months
We did it guys! Generative AI is set to make the web fantastic again!
By @bananapub - 4 months
this is basically the back story of Anathem - arseholes used generative AI to flood the Internet with garbage.

it really is just sad how many people and businesses apparently had no interest at all in quality and were just waiting for cheaper ways to generate lower quality crap to flood the world with.

By @stalfosknight - 5 months
Why must things be this way today?