Category: Consumer Reviews

A New Frontier for Travel Scammers: A.I.-Generated Guidebooks

Shoddy guidebooks are flooding Amazon. Their authors claim to be renowned travel writers, but are they A.I. inventions? And how big is the problem?
How Sites Like Tripadvisor and Yelp Are Fighting Fake Reviews

The New York Times – Travel:
Third parties pay writers for posts praising or panning hotels, restaurants and other places they never visited. How review sites like Yelp and Tripadvisor are trying to stop the flood.
A New Taylor Swift LP? Metacritic Crunches the Reviews, as Fans Watch.

The New York Times – Music:
As pop fandoms go to battle on social media wielding data about their favorite stars, Metascores averaging critical opinions have become ammunition, much to the site’s chagrin.

A New Frontier for Travel Scammers: A.I.-Generated Guidebooks