Digg cuts jobs after facing AI bot surge
Digg is laying off staff citing “brutal reality” in the current digital environment and a surge in artificial intelligence-driven bot activity, more than a year after the once-popular content aggregator announced its comeback.
CEO Justin Mezzell said in a blog post on Friday that the company is downsizing its team to a small core group after failing to find product-market fit against established social media platforms.
The company grappled with an “unprecedented” influx of sophisticated AI agents and automated accounts that undermined the platform’s voting and engagement systems.
