Rumors surrounding the resignation of United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler have been circulating once again, and this time it appears that artificial intelligence has played a role in spreading the false information.
On July 1, an article appeared on a website called “thecryptoalert.com” claiming that Gensler had submitted his resignation following an internal investigation. However, further analysis revealed that the article’s text had a high AI-generated content score of 96.8% according to third-party AI-detector ZeroGPT, suggesting a high likelihood of AI text generation.
The website itself seems to be quite new, with only 17 posts in total, the first of which appeared on June 22. Most of the articles on the site also appear to heavily rely on artificial intelligence, with all of them scoring around 70% with ZeroGPT.
In addition to the AI-generated text, a search on the internet archive Wayback Machine revealed that the ownership of the website’s domain, “thecryptoalert.com,” was updated on June 24. Despite these indications, several accounts on Twitter reposted the content. One particularly widely viewed post came from the account @whalechart, which has garnered 1.4 million views as of the time of publication.
However, on July 3, Fox Business Network reporter Charles Gasparino confirmed in a tweet that Gary Gensler is not resigning, having reportedly received information directly from the SEC.
This is not the first time rumors about Gensler’s resignation have circulated. On April 20, questionable sources spread claims that Gensler was preparing to be “fired.”
On June 12, a new bill called the “SEC Stabilization Act” was introduced to the House of Representatives by U.S. lawmakers. One of its main provisions aimed to remove Gensler from his position, labeling him a “tyrannical Chairman.”
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