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More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows

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[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz -1 points 1 month ago

I don't regularly use it, but I run into yt in search results every now and then. If I've looked, the front page and lots of recommends have always looked like cancer, I've never seen anything like that. Could it be a localized thing?

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