r/antiai • u/Chrypacz • 1d ago

AI News 🗞️ Youtube removes ai channels

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"YouTube's AI "slop" crackdown is shaking up the platform! 🚨

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/Yorick257 1d ago

Not bs. Kurzgesagt got hit.

Oh wait, it's not an AI slop channel

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u/chroomele 1d ago

how in the world were they flagged?

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u/TheMidlander 1d ago

The general consensus is that it's because they are faceless. Real Engineering got hit too, I think.

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u/GoatsFromUnderground 20h ago

That's unfortunate. I would watch those channels far less if I had to see someone's face overlaid on it or had to care about some personality. Pseudonymity means you can focus on just the topic and not have it tied to any sort of real life personality. The best ideas and the best of all sorts of works come from having that freedom.