{
    "byline": "Max TaniMedia Editor, Semafor",
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    "excerpt": "In early August, Semafor published a story about a flood of AI-generated or -assisted political content that spread false claims on YouTube. We uncovered a series of videos featuring AI narration, scripting, and some AI avatars spreading false claims \u2014\u00a0for example, that Kroger has shut down a California distribution center, that Costco and Shell are closing their stores and gas stations, or that GM and Ford plants in California are shuttering (neither company has had factories in the state in decades). After the story was published, YouTube removed several channels for content violations.",
    "lang": null,
    "length": 11590,
    "publishedTime": null,
    "siteName": null,
    "title": "Exclusive / Paid actors, AI writing: How a new kind of video business cashed in on America\u2019s divided politics"
}