The DoorDash Deep Throat Scam Lays Bare Our New Era of Untruthiness

AI-generated Reddit post shows challenges in detecting fact from fiction

The NewsSocial media users were duped over the weekend with an apparently AI-generated, viral post claiming uncouth labor practices from an unnamed major food delivery company. Hundreds of thousands of users engaged with the content, and some news outlets gave credibility to the allegations, before several journalists revealed that additional evidence provided by the original poster was generated by AI.We’ve repeatedly warned that AI-generated m…

A Food Post Went Viral For Supposedly Exposing How Badly Food Delivery Apps Take Advantage Of Their Delivery People, Which Forced Door Dash's CEO Tony Xu To Speak Out

(NOTE- When I first started this blog yesterday, there was no community note added, pointing out that this was AI-generated (the absolute fucking worst, and something that only proves the point I make...

A person claiming to be a food delivery company 'whistleblower' fooled the internet with AI's help

An anonymous Reddit user’s claims of fraud and theft by an unnamed food delivery company appear to have been an artificial intelligence-fueled ruse that has spread across the internet, outpacing efforts to debunk it.

The DoorDash Deep Throat scam lays bare our new era of untruthiness

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BIThis past weekend, the internet was set ablaze by a post on r/Confessions claiming to be from a software engineer-turned-whistleblower working at a food delivery app. "I'm posting this from a library wi-fi on a burner laptop because I am technically under a massive NDA," wrote the purported Deep Throat. "You guys always suspect the algorithms are rigged against you, but the reality is so much more depressing than the con…

Viral Reddit whistleblower exposed as AI hoax

A Reddit user claiming to be a whistleblower from a food-delivery app posted a viral rant alleging the company exploited drivers and users through legal loopholes, a claim later exposed as an AI-generated hoax by Platformer journalist Casey Newton. The user described writing the post while drunk at a library, relying on public Wi-Fi to detail the company’s practices. He accused the firm of stealing drivers’ tips and wages with impunity by exploi…

A viral Reddit post that turned out to be a deepfake

On Reddit's r/confessions, a software developer working for a food-delivery company wrote a post blowing the whistle on unethical practices: charging for premium delivery by slowing down standard orders, and giving low-income orders to more desperate drivers. His post went viral. Journalist Casey Newton found out that it was an AI-generated fake: the evidence the whistleblower sent turned out to be AI-generated.From the article: For most of my c…