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Advocacy groups urge YouTube to protect kids from 'AI slop' videos
The coalition says current disclosures miss many animated AI clips and urges YouTube to stop recommending them to users under 18.
- On Wednesday, children's advocacy group Fairplay urged YouTube CEO Neal Mohan and Google CEO Sundar Pichai to ban AI-generated content from YouTube Kids and mandate clear labeling across both platforms.
- Signed by over 200 organizations, the letter warns that 'AI slop' distorts children's reality, hijacks attention, and displaces offline activities essential for healthy development.
- The coalition demands banning AI-generated 'Made for Kids' content, stopping investments in studios like Animaj, and prohibiting algorithmic recommendations of such videos to users under 18.
- YouTube spokesperson Boot Bullwinkle defended the platform's 'high standards for the content in YouTube Kids,' though Fairplay contends current voluntary disclosure policies remain 'extremely limited.'
- This campaign follows a California jury verdict finding YouTube liable for designing its platform to addict young users, escalating pressure on the company to address child safety concerns.
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Advocacy groups urge YouTube to protect kids from 'AI slop' videos
Advocacy groups and experts have slammed YouTube for serving up low-quality artificial intelligence-generated videos to its most vulnerable audience: children.
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