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Glorbo AI Bait headline example from Z League.

Glorbo AI Bait

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Glorbo AI Bait or Glorbo Artificial Intelligence Article Baiting refers to World of Warcraft and Destiny communities posting fake news and misinformation about a character called Glorbo being added to their games in order to bait sites that use AI to write articles based on community posts to trick them into creating an article about it. The idea ultimately succeeded as the gaming news site Z League published an article about players' reaction to the introduction of a fabricated character "Glorbo," with several more AI-driven websites falling for the bait in July 2023.

Origin

On July 20th, 2023, Redditor[1] C0RDE_ posted a screenshot of several AI-generated World of Warcraft articles on gaming content website Z League which were based on Reddit threads posted in the /r/wow subreddit, commenting, "At this point I can only assume sites like this are using AI to scrape this Sub for content." Later that day, Z League generated an article based on the thread, which was again linked in the subreddit (shown below).[2]


Posted by u/user_of_the_week 7 days ago World of Warcraft (WOW) Players React to AI- Generated Content on Popular Gaming Sites zleague.gg/thepor... Humor / Meme

Later on July 20th, 2023, Redditor[3] kaefer_kriegerin made a fake post in which they reacted to World of Warcraft introducing Glorbo.

I’m so excited they finally introduced Glorbo!!! Honestly, this new feature makes me so happy! I just really want some major bot operated news websites to publish an article about this. I have to say, since they started hinting at it in Hearthstone in 1994, it was obvious that they would introduce Glorbo to World of Warcraft sooner or later. I feel like Dragonflight has been win after win so far, like when they brought back Chen Stormstout as the end boss of the new Karazhan? Absolutely amazing!

Within two hours,[4] Z League published an article based on the thread titled "World of Warcraft (WoW) Players Excited for Glorbo’s Introduction."[5] The article has since been removed from the website, alongside the entire World of Warcraft section.


u/feleaodt 7 days ago 1.9k Zleague removed all WoW posts and even deleted WoW from the site menu Fake News Posted by It seems the trolling worked. If you go to their site all WoW articles are gone. It seems they realized what we were doing here and hit the panic button. Edit: Zleague.gg is a website that uses a bot to scrap reddit and uses AI to create "news articles" copying peoples posts. People noticed this and started to create fake posts to troll the bot. The site published a few a fake articles until they noticed and hit the panic button, erasing everything related to WoW. There are many examples and other explanations on the comments, so read before parrot posting "wHAT IS ZLeaGuE?". Example: https://archive.ph/4mOWr by u/kaefer kriegerin. You're a legend. Edit 2: Ok so as stated by u/Weaponized Kissing "https://www.zleague.gg/theportal/world-of- warcraft/ They deleted yesterday's articles, but the rest are still there. WoW was never in the Games site menu, but it was in the Category switcher (and still is) when viewing another category." Thanks for the correction. Still they know we know about their shenanigans. Award Share 277 Comments ...

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On July 20th, 2023, World of Warcraft producer Kyle "Zorbrix" Hartline tweeted[6] a screenshot of the Z League article, making a sarcastic comment. The tweet (shown below) gained over 50 retweets and 800 likes in one week.


COUN Zorbrix @Zorbrix Feels soooooo good to be able to talk about Glorbo finally, I remember my first day at Blizzard we were just starting to work on implementation, and that was almost 15 years ago! Excellent reporting to track this down World of Warcraft (WoW) Players Excited for Glorbo's Introduction World of Warcraft (WoW) players are thrilled about the introduction of Glorbo and eagerly await its impact on the game. BY LUCY REED PUBLISHED JULY 20, 2023 5:30 PM. Jul 20, 2023 171.1K Views

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In the following days, multiple news websites, including Ars Technica[7] and BBC,[8] reported that the Warcraft community managed to prove AI being used to write articles with the fake post.

The trick was then adopted by Redditors in the /r/destiny2 subreddit, who starting on July 24th, 2023, posted fake posts about Glorbo, supposedly a secret boss recently added to the game (examples[9][10] shown below, left and right).


Posted by u/Rasputin_the_Warmind 3 days ago 2.5k I just want to say the new Glorbo secret boss has been the best content I've played in a while Discussion spoiler Ghosts of the deep has already been a a phenomenal dungeon, and to think that it even had a secret boss with its own mechanics, wow. Please do more of this bungie, we should have more secrets like this and the quacken boss from the duck pond Easter egg. It really rewards veterans who pay attention to the whole of destiny 2, and it's always exciting to see the community go on a massive treasure hunt when these come out. 206 Comments + Award Share ... +24 Posted by u/GuardianProtogen Titan 2 days ago 929 GLORBO CHEESE USE BEFORE PATCH Meme / Humor spoiler GLORBO IS CHEESABLE RIGHT NOW (for hunters)! All you need to do is witherhoard Glorbo and then place a glacier grendade (whisper of fissures preferred) and shatter the crystal with shatterdive. Every time my fireteam tried it Glorbo was killed immediately. Funny how this new encounter already has a cheese (lol bungo). DO BEFORE BUNGIE FIXES TO GRIND THE GLORBONIAN EXOTIC VOUD HAND CANNON FAST (my favorite) Award Share 65 Comments D ST.

The posts were followed by several AI-driven gaming content websites posting about Glorbo, including Techbriefly and Gaming Acharya, with screenshots of the articles then being posted in the /r/destiny2[11][12] subreddit.

Various Examples


Posted by u/ID_Cross Flawless Count: # 1 day ago Mission accomplished (?) Meme / Humor techbriefly.com/2023/ + Where to find Glorbo the secret boss in Destiny 2? 19 Comments The Destiny 2 player community has recently discovered a strategy around Glorbo, the secret boss, that's making waves by Kerem Gülen 26 July 2023 Reading Time: 3 mins read 43 Award Share A Posted by u/fUckkkkkkface Warlock 1 day ago 3.1k We did it Meme / Humor 250 Comments 11:28 d X What's Glorbo Destiny 2... gamingacharya.com Do you want t NOT NOW Chilly J Award ↓ o receive notifications? CONTINUE No Holds Barred Pepe Poto LimitBreak 62% Share : What's the new Glorbo Destiny 2? Destiny 2 players are experiencing so many bugs and errors in the current season. Here's all about the Glorbo Destiny 2 leaks and updates here at GA. Currently Destiny 2 players have found a Glorbo strat. This amazing perk can deal massive damage with scout and assault rifles too. CHobbyJAPAN Glorbo is also a secret boss of Destiny 2. And players have found a new mechanic or bug that helps them to deal over 500 damage per second to the Glorbo strat in Destiny 2. 303 Me waking up today CO * 30 Hod Peash Pion Hod Fresh Plzen Checks Reddit Hot Fresh Plaza Hot Fresh A Whatever the f--- this "Glorbo" s--- is: CAI ERSA
Posted by u/sucobe Titan 2 days ago 2.6k @BungieHelp: "We are aware of an issue allowing players to exploit the rowboat emote during the Glorbo encounter. We have included a patch for this in Update 7.1.5.1. Happy farming guardians." Discussion A Bungie Help @BungieHelp 1:16 AM Jul 25, 2023 from Earth We are aware of an issue allowing players to exploit the rowboat emote during the Glorbo encounter. We have included a patch for this in Update 7.1.5.1. Happy farming guardians. 186 Retweets 79 Quote Tweets 27 3.4K Likes S (→ ... World of Warcraft (WoW) Players Excited for Glorbo's Introduction World of Warcraft (WoW) players are thrilled about the introduction of Glorbo and eagerly await its impact on the game. BY LUCY REED PUBLISHED JULY 20, 2023 World of Warcraft (WoW) players have been buzzing with excitement ever since the announcement of Glorbo's introduction. The highly anticipated new feature has sparked a wave of positive sentiment among players, who are eagerly awaiting its impact on the game.

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External References

[1] Reddit – At this point I can only assume sites like this are using AI to scrape this Sub for content

[2] Reddit – World of Warcraft (WoW) Players React to AI-Generated Content on Popular Gaming Sites

[3] Reddit – I’m so excited they finally introduced Glorbo!!!

[4] Reddit – I’m so excited they finally introduced Glorbo!!!

[5] Internet Archive – World of Warcraft (WoW) Players Excited for Glorbo’s Introduction

[6] Twitter – @Zorbrix

[7] Ars Technica – Redditors prank AI-powered news mill with 'Glorbo' in World of Warcraft

[8] BBC – Warcraft fans trick AI article bot with Glorbo hoax

[9] Reddit – I just want to say the new Glorbo secret boss has been the best content I’ve played in a while

[10] Reddit – GLORBO CHEESE USE BEFORE PATCH

[11] Reddit – Mission accomplished

[12] Reddit – We did it 😂

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