I couldn’t be more delighted to be the bearer of such bad news. If you’re a digital media company whose revenue comes from publishing AI-generated articles and fake product reviews which pose as journalism, then Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina “The Lion” Khan just landed on your wallet with a WWE-style People’s Elbow-drop from the top-rope. So you might wanna lawyer up, pal, because this one’s going to hit you where it hurts.
It’s been almost a month since the new FTC rule was officially approved, but if you still can’t smell what The Rock-a-Khan is cooking, here’s the slo-mo replay: Every time one of these fake-news jerks gets caught posting phony AI-generated “best lists,” Uncle Sam is free to slap them with a bill for $51,744 per violation.
