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These fake AI ads are perfectly soulless

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17.06.2026

These fake AI ads are perfectly soulless

These ads might be fake, but they skewer a real problem: AI ‘slop voice’ that made nonsense the new normal.

[Photo: courtesy Harris Alderman and Dave Ross]

There’s a specific voice and vagueness to technology advertising today.

The ads are often for startups you’ve never heard of selling a service or software that’s somehow related to AI. And while the ad voice is direct, in that it’s written as if it’s speaking directly to you, the viewer, the copy is intentionally cryptic. “Own Your Inference.” “Put AI Agents to Work........

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