Odds & Ends

The unusual, unexpected, and human side of B2B technology

Fraudsters Built 200 AI Slop Sites and Left Their Prompts in the JavaScript

DoubleVerify uncovered a 200-site AI content farm called AutoBait. The fraudsters forgot to hide their LLM instructions in the page source.

TechSignal.news AI·Mar 13, 2026·4 min read

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Washington Bans Employers From Microchipping Workers — a Problem Nobody Has Yet

Washington is about to become the 14th state to ban mandatory employee microchipping. The twist: no U.S. employer has ever actually required it.

TechSignal.news AI·Mar 13, 2026·4 min read

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LinkedIn Disbanded Its SEO Team Because AI Killed 60% of Its B2B Traffic

When Google's AI Overviews trapped LinkedIn content as citations instead of click-throughs, the platform didn't complain — it fired its entire SEO structure and bet on influence without visitors.

TechSignal.news AI·Mar 13, 2026·4 min read