The science and technology explainers warned audiences in the past about the entropy AI will unleash upon the web and after being forced to remove a video on microscopic superpredators, they're living ...

Faceless channels have existed for years, but YouTube's algorithm now favours on-camera hosts, and a new viewer survey asking people to rate AI slop on a five-point scale is raising concerns about ...

Just a few years ago, they were raking in clicks and cash. But now that the platform tweaked their algorithm, they’re suddenly collateral damage. By Andrew Zucker They’re getting way more views than I ...

In an age when more and more young children are hooked on digital devices, YouTube is bombarding them with AI slop. After investigating over 1,000 YouTube shorts recommended to young children by the ...

One in five Shorts that YouTube recommends to new users is low-quality, mass-produced AI-generated video, often described as “AI slop.” YouTube CEO Neal Mohan used that label himself in his January ...