Re: Five dead websites and the people still paying for them

From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:18:05 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTS.CLIR.ORG
This garbage originated from an operation that's been explicitly designed
and built to send AI-generated spam.  Coverage:

	There's a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Already Ruining the Internet
	https://www.404media.co/theres-a-100-chance-ai-agents-are-already-ruining-the-internet/

	AI Agent Platform Reinvents Spam, Floods Inboxes Worldwide
	https://www.404media.co/ai-agent-platform-reinvents-spam-floods-inboxes-worldwide/

	AI bots Timmy, Ren, and Jackie are flooding social media with slop
	https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/ai-agents-flood-the-internet-with-slop-infused-spam/

As a countermeasure, I strongly recommend adding:

	ilands.ai
	ilands.app

to every blocklist in every mail system you run and making sure that
this addition is noted as "permament": there will never be a reason
to remove it.  (If you run a mailing list, like this one, I strongly
recommend (a) removing any current subscribers from those domains
and (b) permanently banning subscriptions from those domains.)

---rsk
Received on Wed Sep 23 2026 - 09:18:00 EDT