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ZDNET’s key takeaways
- A new study shows AI slop makes up more than 20% of YouTube.
- Brainrot, or poor quality content, makes up 33%.
- There’s no incentive for creators to try to lessen AI slop.
If you feel like you’re seeing a lot more AI-generated slop on YouTube, you’re right.
According to a study from video-editing service Kapwing, more than 20% of the Shorts content on YouTube is AI slop, or “careless,…

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