Recently, YouTube users have been dealing with a common problem: a flood of low-quality content known as “AI Slop” created by artificial intelligence.
Interestingly, YouTube pioneered this phenomenon by implementing new AI video creation tools using Google’s Veo 3 in its company.
Neal Mohan, YouTube’s chief executive, first recognized this problem in an open document from which he outlined the platform’s future priorities for 2026.
At a less visible point, under a priority called “Enhancing and Protecting Creativity,” Mohan acknowledges what many users therefore believe: the rise of artificial intelligence is driving production low quality contentspecifically referring to the term «AI Slop».
The term “Slop” is often used by critics of artificial intelligence to describe automatically generated content that aims to generate visits and registrations in a simple way, including fake videos on current topics or videos using intellectual property.
Unlike other CEOs in the sector who shy away from using the term, Mohan acknowledges this; regardless, make it clear This type of content will not be banned on YouTube.
Mohan argues that other popular trends today, such as ASMR or videos of people playing video games, were also poorly received at first; Although the comparison may be useful, the executive seems aware of the need to implement it.
For this reason, YouTube’s CEO says the company is improving its systems to combat spam and “clickbait” with a purpose limit the “promotion of repetitive content and low quality” and “maintain the high-quality experience users desire”.
In relation to this, Mohan assumes that YouTube’s top priority for 2026 will be to support content creators and artists generate new material for the platform.
Mohan also stated that “YouTube is the new television”so content creators are the new “star hour,” based on data that shows YouTube is the number one streaming platform in the United States for the third year in a row.
It’s an essential part of the YouTube experience Shorts, which from 2026 will allow publication with imagesensuring that the platform approaches a red social network in the style of Instagram.
Similarly, YouTube plans to increase its inversion in YouTube Music, adding new features for discovering artists and exploring “song history,” suggesting the platform will offer deeper access to musicians and their recent releases.
For younger adults, YouTube will strengthen and simplify parental controls, allowing parents to decide how long their children can watch short videos, and including it allows you to disable short videosbecause it is new in the field.
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