<story><title>Mtn Dew Raid Q&amp;A [pdf]</title><url>https://www.mountaindew.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MTN-DEW-RAID-QA.pdf</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>explaininjs</author><text>Is there anything at all interesting or controversial about paying to have more access to a provider’s services? It’s basically the businesses model for everything for all of time.</text></item><item><author>corobo</author><text>ZachBussey (a popular streamer in the category of streamer news) listed the issues wrong with this campaign on Reddit.&lt;p&gt;Notably the false positive rates and the fact that the method used is basically spam, except Twitch got paid to allow it.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;LivestreamFail&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;188of4y&amp;#x2F;comment&amp;#x2F;kbndiv3&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;LivestreamFail&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;188of4y&amp;#x2F;com...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any other bots doing what the mtn dew bot is doing would likely catch a sitewide ban..&lt;p&gt;E: There&amp;#x27;s a more structured argument on X, with screenshots of the bot&amp;#x27;s messaging too &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;zachbussey&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1730742056899805377&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;zachbussey&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1730742056899805377&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wpm</author><text>Spamming advertising in chat is a bannable offense. Chat is a space free of ads, because there is no way to opt out without closing chat, and if I do that, I have literally no reason to watch the streamer on Twitch, since I can probably catch their VOD on YouTube the next day. If I want to watch the streamer on Twitch ad free, I subscribe, which kicks 50% or 30% over to Twitch to pay to keep the lights on. The comments by this bot announcing this campaign probably got it flagged to Twitch by thousands of viewers and banned in thousands of channels, because it&amp;#x27;s the same behavior seen by other bots trying to entice you with &amp;quot;free gaming gear&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;hot singles in your area&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;The AI scanning as part of this campaign is happening whether someone opts in or not. And what the streamer opts into is nothing more than being used as an advertising vessel for bad sugar water for free.&lt;p&gt;Pepsico is free to issue Twitch bounties for certain things or buy normal ad slots for pre-rolls or mid-stream ads if they want to remind everyone that their neon green slop exists.</text></comment>
<story><title>Mtn Dew Raid Q&amp;A [pdf]</title><url>https://www.mountaindew.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/MTN-DEW-RAID-QA.pdf</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>explaininjs</author><text>Is there anything at all interesting or controversial about paying to have more access to a provider’s services? It’s basically the businesses model for everything for all of time.</text></item><item><author>corobo</author><text>ZachBussey (a popular streamer in the category of streamer news) listed the issues wrong with this campaign on Reddit.&lt;p&gt;Notably the false positive rates and the fact that the method used is basically spam, except Twitch got paid to allow it.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;LivestreamFail&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;188of4y&amp;#x2F;comment&amp;#x2F;kbndiv3&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.reddit.com&amp;#x2F;r&amp;#x2F;LivestreamFail&amp;#x2F;comments&amp;#x2F;188of4y&amp;#x2F;com...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Any other bots doing what the mtn dew bot is doing would likely catch a sitewide ban..&lt;p&gt;E: There&amp;#x27;s a more structured argument on X, with screenshots of the bot&amp;#x27;s messaging too &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;zachbussey&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1730742056899805377&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;zachbussey&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;1730742056899805377&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ben_jones</author><text>Companies are probing the boundaries of what is and isn’t acceptable for AI. Sports illustrated recently used AI generated avatars to publish AI written articles as if they were written by real people. They didn’t announce it they just did it and got caught. ESPN took a TNT video from several years ago and used AI to fabricate key details and appear as if it was under the ESPN brand. They didn’t announce it they just did it and got caught.&lt;p&gt;While this particular usage is less about a specific AI act and yes buying increased access on social media (where most users naively assume fair access) isnt new - I personally and fucking terrified of where we’ll be at just a year from now.&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pbs.org&amp;#x2F;newshour&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;economy&amp;#x2F;sports-illustrated-found-publishing-ai-generated-stories-photos-and-authors&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pbs.org&amp;#x2F;newshour&amp;#x2F;amp&amp;#x2F;economy&amp;#x2F;sports-illustrated-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.jsonline.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;sports&amp;#x2F;nba&amp;#x2F;bucks&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;28&amp;#x2F;espn-posts-damian-lillard-sound-bite-with-digitally-fabricated-details&amp;#x2F;71359588007&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.jsonline.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;sports&amp;#x2F;nba&amp;#x2F;bucks&amp;#x2F;2023&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;28&amp;#x2F;e...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>