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00:03More than 20% of videos recommended to new YouTube users were low-quality AI-generated content known as AI Slop, according The Guardian.
00:11The video editing company Capwing surveyed 15,000 top channels worldwide and found 278 that contain only AI Slop.
00:20These channels have more than 63 billion views, 221 million subscribers, and generate an estimated $117 million in annual revenue.
00:31Capwing also created a new account and found 104 of the first 500 recommended videos were AI Slop.
00:38One-third were classified as brain rot, low-quality online content designed to maximize engagement.
00:44The Guardian analysis found that nearly 10% of YouTube's fastest-growing channels were AI Slop.
00:50Despite the platform's efforts to limit inauthentic content, the channels are globally distributed, often target children, and rely on algorithms to scale output.
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