# Project Analyzing Language Use Ends Due to AI Spam Contamination 📉

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/project-analyzing-language-use-ends-due-to-ai-spam-contamination/291953>\
**Category:** News & Articles\
**Tags:** data-recovery\
**Created:** [September 23, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/project-analyzing-language-use-ends-due-to-ai-spam-contamination/291953 "2024-09-23T13:22:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheJoker](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/thejoker/32/22660_2.png) [@TheJoker](https://onehack.st/u/TheJoker)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/project-analyzing-language-use-ends-due-to-ai-spam-contamination/291953/1 "2024-09-23T13:22:01Z")

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**Summary:**

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1. **Project Closure**  
The Wordfreq project, which tracked language usage across multiple sources, is shutting down due to data contamination from generative AI.

2. **Impact of AI**  
Creator Robyn Speer noted that generative AI has filled the internet with unreliable text, making it impossible to accurately analyze post-2021 language trends.

3. **Loss of Utility**  
The project relied on open web scraping for data, but the prevalence of AI-generated content has skewed the accuracy of word frequency measurements.

**Read more at:** [404 Media](https://404media.co)