I’ll pay for YouTube to get an ‘AI slop’ toggle
Last year I wrote an editorial in which I stated that I block every single advertisement on YouTube. And, despite being a writer whose income depends upon advertising, I was not — and am not…
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Wikipedia goes to war against AI slop articles with new deletion policy
As the web fills up with junk text written by robots, it’s no surprise that AI-generated slop is also making its way into ebooks, YouTube, and even Wikipedia. That last one is a particular problem,…
AI slop and fake reports are exhausting some security bug bounties
So-called AI slop, meaning LLM-generated low quality images, videos, and text, has taken over the internet in the last couple of years, polluting websites, social media platforms, at least one newspaper, and even real-world events. …
YouTube cracks down on AI slop it helped create
YouTube has an AI slop problem, with both the main site and the booming Shorts section filling up with low-effort crap shoveled in front of viewers by the millions. New policies are trying to demonetize,…
YouTube hates AI slop movie trailers as much as I do
Bullshit trailers are a blight on YouTube. And they have been for a long time. Just throw together clips of older movies and actors, title it “The Dark Knight Rises 2: Robin’s First Flight,” and…