The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has developed a new software suite, driven by Google Gemini, Open AI and Anthropic’s Claude, that helps party members generate so-called “rage bait” social media postings.
Central to the new campaign is the Alternita platform, registered to the AfD’s general secretary Hans-Holger Malcomeß, which promises users social media posts “in five minutes, with your positions, in your style, your branding”.
In the case of the AfD, an undercover investigation by Germany’s Correctiv outlet revealed how, in a few clicks, a populist article can be turned into provocative posts to flood social media feeds.
These slop machines generally designed to work on giant tech company infrastructure. I think I’ll lose nothing if Facebook is banned all together. What does Facebook contribute to anyone’s life? Seriously.
I’m also thinking as a company not just social media. We didn’t needed social media this much 20 years ago and we could have get along much better. (Except America)