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Hello, hello. I'm Brittany Luce and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR, a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident.

The other day, my friend sent me a song he wanted me to check out.

It was a country song, pretty decent.

Come to find out, it was AI generated.

Then I opened my phone, scroll through social media, and see Luigi Mangione, who was indicted

for killing the former CEO of United Healthcare, Brian Thompson,

on Sheehan. No, I'm not kidding. Luigi Mangione's likeness was used to model a shirt for fast

fashion retailer Sheehan. The photo has since been removed, but it has caused some to speculate that it

may have been AI generated. According to a spokesperson from Sheehan, the image in question was provided by a third-party

vendor.

But it just felt like another indication that AI content has become a common part of our

everyday lives.

AI slop is kind of known for being uncanny in a way.

That is Washington Post tech reporter Drew Harwell.

It can be joky, it can be cringy, it can be weird,

but the main attribute of it is that it's so prevalent that you basically can't escape it.

In the past year or so, you've probably heard the term AI slop, grown around more and more.

According to The Guardian, AI slop is usually low-quality, mass-produced, AI-generated content.

It's empty calories in a way because you start watching it because it gives you something that's

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