Snapchat Hits Back at AI Slop, with Spotlight Ban
Social media has been one of the areas hardest hit by the AI slop boom, no matter what social media platform you head to, from X, to Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, TikTok and LinkedIn, almost all social media platforms are feeling the impact. Now, Snapchat is banning wholly AI-generated videos from appearing as recommendations on its Spotlight tab. Spotlight shows the top short-form vertical video content from the entire Snapchat community, regardless of who you follow.This doesn't mean creators who are using AI as just one part of their creative process are banned from appearing in Spotlight entirely.
- ▪Social media has been one of the areas hardest hit by the AI slop boom, no matter what social media platform you head to, from X, to Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, TikTok and LinkedIn, almost all social media platforms are feeling the impact.
- ▪Now, Snapchat is banning wholly AI-generated videos from appearing as recommendations on its Spotlight tab.
- ▪Spotlight shows the top short-form vertical video content from the entire Snapchat community, regardless of who you follow.This doesn't mean creators who are using AI as just one part of their creative process are banned from appearing in S
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 18 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Snapchat is cracking down on AI slop in Spotlight — Engadget
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Social media has been one of the areas hardest hit by the AI slop boom, no matter what social media platform you head to, from X, to Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, TikTok and LinkedIn, almost all social media platforms are feeling the impact. Now, Snapchat is banning wholly AI-generated videos from appearing as recommendations on its Spotlight tab. Spotlight shows the top short-form vertical video content from the entire Snapchat community, regardless of who you follow.This doesn't mean creators who are using AI as just one part of their creative process are banned from appearing in Spotlight entirely. Content that has been enhanced or edited using Snapchat's AI creative tools will continue to be eligible for recommendation; it's just wholly AI-made videos that are to be banned.
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