Is this written by AI? Reads like Claude wrote it.

The AI slop graphic wasn't enough of a hint?

It was absolutely written by AI. The accompanying terrible image was also clearly generated by AI as well.

We really shouldn't be upvoting slop like this (or even giving these sites traffic).

Edit: Here's their AI disclosure. I don't see any traces of a human having touched this article, it's pretty disgusting.

Just fine companies 101% of their gross annual income for allowing ungated access to the content. Oh wait how will you data harvest then.

S.5090, the Digital Age Assurance Act of 2026, was introduced July 22 by Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ), with Sens. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and John Barrasso (R-WY) signed on

These are the scumbags we can all thank for this now being a federal bill. Wasn’t enough to just have California and Colorado doing it. Fuck these motherfuckers.