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The Filipino virtual assistants behind LinkedIn’s “thought leadership” content mill (opens in new tab)

Covered by 8 sources See all sources covering this story including Random Thoughts of Analyst, Pluralistic (Cory Doctorow)Discussed on Hacker News and Hacker News

For $7 an hour, virtual assistants use AI tools to write LinkedIn posts and comments on behalf of Western executives.

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Random Thoughts of Analyst·

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