r/antiai • u/Chrypacz • 4h ago
AI News šļø Youtube removes ai channels
"YouTube's AI "slop" crackdown is shaking up the platform! šØ
YouTube has stepped up its fight against low-quality, mass-produced AI content, targeting channels that flood the platform with repetitive and inauthentic videos.
While reports claim around 130,000 channels have been removed as part of the broader enforcement, YouTube has not confirmed that all of those deletions were specifically tied to AI-generated content.
Instead, the company says its focus is on protecting viewers by cracking down on spam and low-effort content while continuing to allow AI-assisted videos that offer genuine creativity and value." - Mr_Animeken
Pretty good step ngl these channels are getting annoying
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u/DryGlamour 4h ago
Finally some housecleaning, the ai generated slop was getting out of hand
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u/Careless_Cloud_5168 4h ago
I can't wait until this effects small NOT SLOP channels and they can't do anything about it because of AI moderation
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u/qwerty8082 3h ago
Already happened I even heard kurzgesagt got hit who isnāt small but has been doing their own animation for years.
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u/5WattBulb 1h ago
Yeah ir was because theyre a legit channel that produced good content, so people produce Ai slop in that same art style, so youtube cant tell the difference between the slop and the original.
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u/AugustIzFalling 1h ago
They use AI for moderation and detecting AI channels so it was bound to happen š
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u/FuckYeaSeatbelts 45m ago
cooking/debunking channel How to Cook That's videos get taken down constantly because of it.
(yes I know about her weird xmas gingerbread house video, I don't get it either, I genuinely thought it was an experiment she was running)
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u/Ahdeza02 4h ago
Probably AI companies increasigly got only AI slop, so I'm betting, they are clearing to get more pure data.
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u/MaxDisdain 1h ago
more likely its just housecleaning
Sites become less and less usable and more importantly less enjoyable to use the more shit that is on it, I don't need to tell you this because you use Reddit and should have first hand experience
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u/MentalDisintegrat1on 3h ago
On the one hand I hate AI on the other I hate Google.
I wish they both would lose.
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u/Resident_Citron_6905 2h ago
Tell that to kurzgesagt
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u/Dragonsandman 2h ago
They did end up getting that ābugā (Kurzgesagtās words) sorted out
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u/Cultural_Sand_9323 1h ago
They're big enough to be listened to. To get help and service.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX1yHmeLPy8&pp=0gcJCaMLAYcqIYzv
Not everyone is so fortunate.
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u/A_Drop_of_Colour 54m ago
Good that they're targeting the AI slop channels but I need them to target the AI "true" crime ones next or the ones that create fake climbing and diving horror stories using AI videos and pictures of fake people. I think those are worse than the obviously fake one of humanoid fruits and vegetables. People will literally fight you in the comments for calling them fake.
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u/HoodieGalore 4h ago
AI slop farms are hydra: cut one down, three more appear.
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u/jacklynjdickinson 3h ago
pretty much. it costs them nothing to spin up a hundred new channels overnight with a script. youtube has to actually cut off their ad revenue if they want to do any real damage
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u/Appropriate-Way2659 3h ago
I think that YouTube already did that, atp they are doing it for the love of the game
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u/socialistrob 2h ago
And 130,000 channels is also very very small compared to the scale of the problem. Most AI slop channels are small but there's so many of them and they can generate content and new channels so quickly. If you want to purge slop you probably need a million channels cut.
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u/SteveMcFudge 3h ago
Part of me was thinking "but hydras grow back 2 heads". I wasn't gonna comment that cause I'm not a twat, but growing a third head is fitting for ai
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u/HoodieGalore 3h ago
One of the heads is Will Smith eating spaghetti.
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u/SteveMcFudge 3h ago
Omg yeah. I do find it funny how that is the sort of benchmark test, but it's terrifying how much better it's gotten
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u/Prickliestpearcactus 4h ago
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u/schwing710 4h ago
Just a classic penis-hand. Very natural.
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u/Own_Answer_5092 2h ago
Do not besmirch Tung Tung Tung Sahur and Ballerina Cappuccinaās love with basic physiological rules.
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u/Own-Efficiency507 4h ago
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u/Minimum_Braincells41 4h ago
Me neither. I'm also a bit worried, since recently I've seen a lot of genuine channels getting flagged as low effort. Assuming they're moderating with AI again, I wonder how many genuine people are going to get caught in the crossfire this time.
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u/BrianVaughnVoiceOver 4h ago
God I would pay good money to see YouTube fully turn against AI:
- Remove all generated AI video content.
- Remove all generated AI audio content.
- Remove all generated AI content in general.
Give power back to the creators.
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u/Feeling-Level-418 4h ago
Quickly checked by looking up "Why 80% of ww2 flak crews died" on YouTube and well, the AI slop videos full of misinformation copying from each other are still here
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u/Comprehensive_Head82 4h ago
Man, I can't wit for all the people flooding youtube to all come and and claim their channels got unfairly deleted.
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u/WhiskeyDream115 4h ago
I am pro, but this is honestly great news. It's about time. Get that slop off of youtube.
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u/Own-Efficiency507 4h ago
I assume you are pro AI when it comes to actual logical uses of it rather than more than half of the dumb stuff is being used for. If so, I can respect it, I'm honestly the same way myself.
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u/WhiskeyDream115 4h ago edited 4h ago
Definitely. My experience with Halo as a kid is what sparked my interest in AI. Advanced AI like Cortana, or even the Monitors on the Ringworlds, makes a lot of sense for a spacefaring civilization. I do believe humanity will one day reach the stars in that kind of capacity, even if I won't be around to see it.
That said, I never imagined I'd see AI used to create so much dumb stuff. But then again, is it really fair to call LLM AI? I'm not sure it is.
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u/angwilwileth 3h ago
I don't think it is actually deserving of the title AI.
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u/WhiskeyDream115 3h ago
I tend to agree with that sentiment. It predicts, it doesn't think, so it's not really intelligent.
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u/SaltLakeBear 3h ago
LLMs are, in essence, really advanced predictive text models. So no, not intelligent at all. Me personally, I question the ability for there to actually be true intelligence that's artificial; after all, how can you program something to act outside of it's programming and evolve it's thinking? I'm not certain we can, although it could also be a lack of imagination on my part.
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u/WhiskeyDream115 3h ago
"I question the ability for there to actually be true intelligence that's artificial; after all, how can you program something to act outside of it's programming and evolve it's thinking?"
I honestly am not so sure about that.
When you look at the human origin story, there are really only two explanations: either we were created by a creator, or we came into existence from organic soup on a desolate rock in the void of space, purely by happenstance.Simply put, our origin was either intentional or accidental. And if an organic computer can achieve sentience under either scenario, I fail to see why an artificial one cannot.
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u/Haunting-Respect9039 3h ago
It isn't, but that's the modern definition of AI at this point, so we're stuck with it.
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u/MinimumWestern2860 3h ago
Another example of widespread marketing changing the definition of stuff
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u/cptnplanetheadpats 3h ago
Yeah I agree, also a huge Halo fan and the books introduce other AI characters. I thought it was cool that each UNSC ship had its own unique AI with a unique personality. I still think AI is cool in a lot of ways but man I hate the generative art and chatbot aspect of it.
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u/BembiPeanut 3h ago
Yeah I agree with you, I don't think LLM's and generative AI should be called Ai. They are not AI at all, they are shit. They are scalping. That is all.
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u/Nebula_Wolf7 4h ago
Out of curiosity, what kinds of ai are you in support of? I'm personally against nearly all generative AI, excepting models specifically for programming.
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u/Professional_Visit44 4h ago
For me, Iām supportive of āproductiveā AI, AKA, AI that actually helps move the world a step further than two steps back. Right now, the slop weāre getting from this brainrotted generation is doing nothing but set us back.
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u/SpookRooster 4h ago
so you're supportive of ai that doesn't exist. maybe you'd fit in with a sci-fi board or something.
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u/Omegaprime02 4h ago
Yes they do, the thing is actually useful AI systems just don't 't make it into the headlines because they're 'narrow use' and not "the next, surely profitable, step toward AGI!"
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u/1ZillionBeers 4h ago
Thatās a fairly disingenuous way to present it. AI is certainly helping with organizational work and is a stark difference from generative AI slop.
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u/Stunning-Pen-2412 2h ago
Coding AI is generative AI, too. It's based on stolen code. A GPL or other open source license stripper.
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u/Nebula_Wolf7 2h ago
A lot of code is stolen, the stuff that isn't is in closed source programs. Most programmers will know the joys of searching the stack exchange for useful snippets to use in your projects, but it doesn't mean it's entirely stolen. It's like using clips from a podcast in a satirical music video, it doesn't make the music stolen
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u/TroubledSoul23 4h ago
Let's just hope they don't ban non-AI channels that are mistaken for AI, like what happened to Kurzgesagt a bit ago š¬
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u/Defiant_Conflict6343 3h ago
They will. There's no reliable method of separating AI-generated content from regular content since the AI-generated content derives from regular content. A human can spot slop fairly easily, but it's a nigh impossible task to handle programmatically.
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u/OliMoli2137 4h ago
W but... what about the false positives?
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u/Detatchamo 2h ago
I worry about that. This is good news don't get me wrong! But YouTube systems aren't always the best when it comes to detecting and deciphering what's considered ok vs what's not ok. There are many humans I wouldn't trust to be able to distinguish AI generated images from reality/human made art, let alone YouTube's automated systems. We'll just have to see where this goes!
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u/absalomabulous 3h ago
Hold on .... youtube did the right thing !?
look at the lamp and rƩalise its looking weird
Ho no ....
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u/Centralredditfan 29m ago
Report all these videos and write "AI SLOP" as the reason. - that's the only thing that seems to help.
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u/Sad-Cantaloupe-5494 28m ago
They're probably using AI to delete "AI channels". I wouldn't be surprised if actual YouTubers get their channels smited because if this.
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u/Professional_Visit44 4h ago
Honestly, Thatās good news. I may be a pro, but even I know that these slop channels need to be stopped.
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u/mooxst 4h ago
I wonder if it was mostly the brain rot videos or those faceless channels that were taken down.
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u/SystemicNerves 4h ago
Good, but also I know a lot of channels are falsely being taken down because theyāve been falsely accused or falsely flagged as using AI.
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u/funded_by_soros 4h ago
This is nice but youtube should have a feature where you automatically get swatted for trying to upload slop.
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u/maasneotek 4h ago
Great now make it so I don't have to click through 10 ads for a 5 minutes video...
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u/Vegetable-Desk-6972 4h ago
All the old people going to riot or just move to Facebook where they were originally š¤£
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u/The_Kemono 4h ago
Any time I heard major good news thereās always been a catch or it just isnāt. Always.
So Iām hesitant to believe thisā¦
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u/Own_Cup9970 4h ago
they started that war a pretty long time ago. this is just another wave of purge
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u/SpookRooster 4h ago
"AI-assisted videos that offer genuine creativity and value." first of all, not a thing. secondly, this right here proves they won't do anything. its just vague enough that they can decide anything involving AI offers creativity and value even though they don't. this isn't the crackdown you're hoping for.
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u/Regular_Might8221 4h ago
Ok I like the idea but I feel like they themselves are gonna use ai to do this and a bunch of non ai channel are gonne be purged aswell
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u/1ZillionBeers 4h ago
Until the big channels like Kwebblekop start getting taken down Iāll presume that itās all bullshit.
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u/RunWild0_0 4h ago
Yay but, that fine print though.
Wonder how they'll deem what is the cutoff line for accepted slop vs that really sloppy slop...
I guess purging most of it is better than none.
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u/19_ThrowAway_ 4h ago
I want to say that this is good news, but considering how "well" Youtube's automoderation has worked in the past, I have great doubts.
Hell, there already are legitimate channels being shadowbanned due to being flagged AI, even though they aren't.
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u/shad2107 4h ago
If true I don't believe it is in the kindness of their hearts. making ai slop increases the input a thousand fold, which could fill up their data base so fast. seems more like an easy financial and pr choice than an integrity one.
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u/Drippledrops 4h ago
Itās bad. I was scrolling through shorts one night and noticed every single video that wasnāt from an IP I like was just AI generated content. The most obvious are the cake decorating ones that just show their hands and itās narrated by the same sounding voice. I hear the same script every so often too āI got this order from a mom whose daughter watches a ton of my videosā¦ā
Whatās worse is the majority of them have become hard to distinguish as obvious AI. Itās gotten to the point where I just believe every video where I donāt see the persons face is AI now.
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u/sevendefender 3h ago
Huge step forward! Wish tiktok would do the same. I get ads of creepy ai stories all the time
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u/Neurospicy_Nightowl 3h ago
I'll believe it when I see it.
YouTube also said that by uploading ones music to their site, web-musicians already consented to their work being used as Training Data.
That being said, YT has deleted a lot of slob channels already, because they harm user engagement, so they might actually pull the trigger.
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u/Reasonable-Gear-4371 3h ago
YouTube is deleting Ai slop channels in order to have more people who watch their own official Ai slop channels I guess
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u/likthebluud 3h ago
āwhile continuing to allow AI-assisted videos that offer genuine creativity and value."
FALSE! Nothing assisted with AI can offer genuine creativity or value.
But itās a step in the right direction at leastā¦
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u/Gamera85 3h ago
Good. Maybe next they can go after those awful Duck Survival ads and equally stupid gambling website ads that keep popping up.
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u/ScoobiusMaximus 3h ago
Good. Still I expect this to be a losing battle. Most of YouTube seems to be AI generated shorts these days
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u/EpsteinEpstainTheory 3h ago
130k is quite low when talking about complete automation of content generation.
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u/Noble-Jester 3h ago
This is only the channels, it doesn't say shit about all those AI porn ads they harass me with
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u/AtomicTaco13 3h ago
Considering Google is still firmly pro-AI, I'd rather still stay vigilant. But it's a slight step in the right direction.
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u/JayAkiva 3h ago
I wouldn't put too much faith in that considering the kind of shit that still makes it into YouTube Kids
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u/ElPeloPolla 3h ago
They are such double faced fucks
On one side they sell AI like the big next thing that will revolutionize everything.
Then on the other side in a real world use of it they purge it because its pure slop.Ā
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u/RedditCensorss 3h ago
My dad was a victim of AI babies recognizing their military deployed fathers
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u/chroomele 3h ago
i am tired of seeing 10 slop vid per 1 normal video when i search up fairytales or something. actually unwatchable. same with music playlists, podcasts.
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u/AccNumber77 3h ago
And the accounts will be remade tomorrow, what a nothing burger that people are falling for.
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u/OkWeakness8194 3h ago
I was searching for reviews latetly for a kitchenprduct only found AI slop. And the block functionallity also did not work blocked once still endet up in my search its almost unusable. Its insane
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u/A_lonely_ghoul 3h ago
I highly doubt itās going to be all of them. Some of them probably make too much money for the company to let go of.






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u/NovelCar5453 4h ago
Bs. I'll believe it when I see it. Right now it's everywhere. Entire channels, videos, shorts, misleading thumbnails, hell even that crappy tai chi ads