Dux

Dux

Bad data

Ben Young
Mar 30, 2026
∙ Paid

AI is creating new ways for us to get bad data. By either muddying our existing datasets (with bots & garbage), exposing issues in data we took for granted, or data slop.

The rise of AI has also meant the rise of scraping, AI agents crawling the internet, but then also showing up in our analytics as real users or even real conversions. Which reduces the …

User's avatar

Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Ben Young.

Or purchase a paid subscription.
© 2026 Ben Young · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture