The Un-Dead Internet: AI catches irreversible ‘brain rot’ from social media

The internet is not dead, but it may be rotting. New research by scientists at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, and Purdue University finds that large language models exposed to viral social media data begin to suffer measurable cognitive decay. The authors call it “LLM brain rot source: https://cryptoslate.com/the-un-dead-internet-ai-catches-irreversible-brain-rot-from-social-media/