established and vetted video game review sites are under attack by corporate greed. No surprise. Many such sites which are known and trusted within the gaming community have recently been bought up by private companies, all the staff fired, and new AI staff brought in.

AI staff is given a name, and AI generated profile images.

Because the sites are established and trusted, they are more easily peddling slop reviews.

Aside from the link above, this youtube video is also where I heard of this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-Vrhzqwr10