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 ...

Some YouTube Music users have reported that their recommendations are increasingly packed with unwanted AI-generated tracks. Complaints on Reddit show that thumbs-down and “Not interested” barely help ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. AI-powered kids content wracks up billions of YouTube views, despite pervasive slop. - Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP via Getty Images ...

In the digital landscape of 2026, AI-generated content is everywhere, but YouTube intends to use AI to reduce the flow of slop. In his annual letter to the creator community, YouTube CEO Neal Mohen ...

YouTube is building a way for creators to make AI versions of themselves to feature in Shorts as it simultaneously pledges to clean up the AI slop proliferating on ...

YouTube's AI slop problem could have lifelong effects if not controlled, child experts warn. Credit: George Chan / Stringer / Getty Images News via Getty Images Kids are consuming a lot of AI slop.

EXCLUSIVE: YouTube has terminated two prominent channels that used artificial intelligence to create fake movie trailers, Deadline can reveal. The Google-owned video giant has switched off Screen ...

YouTube confirmed that over a million channels used AI video-creation tools in December, while over 20 million viewers used the platform's Ask features, which allow you to pose questions to Google's ...