Scrolling Through YouTube Shorts? 21% of the Clips Are Probably AI Slop

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Kapwing analyzed YouTube Shorts and found that 21% of the 500 videos it reviewed appeared to be AI-generated. The piece connects that trend to tools like OpenAI’s Sora and Google’s Veo, which make AI video creation easier to produce at scale. It also highlights how AI-generated “slop” is spreading across platforms and notes that some services like TikTok are adding features to help users identify AI content. The article also broadens the topic to workplace AI misuse, pointing out that AI-generated work content is showing up in professional settings too.

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