Washington, Oct 20, 2025 (AFP) - Phony AI content stealing fan attention during baseball playoffs

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Baseball fans are facing an onslaught of phony AI content on Facebook, pushed by a clickbait network in Southeast Asia capitalizing on interest in the lead-up to the sport's World Series, an AFP investigation has found. With names like "Dodgers Dynasty" and "Yankee Nation," the pages mimic genuine fan accounts, but link to websites that are full of ads and phony AI-generated articles meant to draw clicks -- and payouts for the site creators. "Th......

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