Snapchat joins other popular platforms in fight against 'AI slop'
Snapchat announced it will stop recommending wholly AI‑generated videos in its Spotlight feed, favoring authentic human‑made content. This move follows similar actions by YouTube, LinkedIn and Substack to curb low‑quality, repetitive AI‑generated material often called “AI slop.” The platforms are not banning all AI‑enhanced content but are targeting entirely synthetic posts that degrade user experience.
- ▪Snapchat will no longer recommend purely AI‑generated videos in its Spotlight feed, though AI‑enhanced content remains allowed.
- ▪YouTube, LinkedIn, and Substack have introduced policies to limit or report AI‑generated content that is generic, repetitive, or template‑based.
- ▪Research suggests up to 40% of social‑media writing may be AI‑generated, prompting concerns about authenticity and user trust.
- ▪LinkedIn reported blocking billions of AI‑generated comment attempts and removed an automated AI‑enhancement prompt from its posting tools.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 12 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ LinkedIn is crowdsourcing its fight against AI slop — Digital Trends
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Snapchat joins other popular platforms in fight against 'AI slop'Image source, ReutersImage caption, Snapchat is trying to tamp down on AI-generated videos.ByKali HaysTechnology reporterPublishedJust nowSnapchat has joined the likes of YouTube, LinkedIn and Substack in a growing effort to combat fake writing, images and videos that are entirely created by artificial intelligence (AI) tools.Such content, commonly called "AI slop", has proliferated online as the tech industry has raced to create a greater number of easier to use generative AI tools that can create anything from essays to realistic videos.Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, said on Friday that the platform would stop recommending "wholly AI-generated videos" in its popular Spotlight feed in favour of "authentic, human-made…
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