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Is @WaltWhiteCrypto getting retweets from a freshly-cooked batch of bots with GAN-generated profile pics? (Spoiler: Yes) #TheBotsWhoKnock

(GAN = "generative adversarial network", the AI technique used by thispersondoesnotexist.com etc to generate fake face pics)

cc: @ZellaQuixote
The botnet amplifying @WaltWhiteCrypto (and others) consists of 936 accounts created in August and September 2021. All have lowercase display names (first + last name) and follow zero accounts, and all have GAN-generated profile pics.
All 936 accounts in this network (allegedly) tweet via the Twitter Web App. The network is active round-the-clock, and all of its content is retweets. It mostly amplifies cryptocurrency accounts, although the most frequently retweeted account is a media account, @TheLevantNewsEN.
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