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Help!—AI Is Stealing My Readers

I thought piracy was bad, but I've now seen something much worse

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Ted Gioia
Feb 21, 2024
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I’ve lost count how often my identity has been stolen.

I’ve sometimes had to take drastic steps—filing a police complaint, freezing credit reports, canceling credit cards, even contacting the FBI to warn them about an especially dangerous impersonator.

(Side note: That reprobate stopped messing with me as soon as the Feds got involved.)

In other instances, the impersonation seems harmless. Consider this bro in Vietnam who has been using my Twitter bio for the last seven years.

Photo of a Twitter profile

What’s he getting out of it—kickbacks? groupies? free tickets to V-Pop concerts?

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