Short form videos are addicting. They're also often low quality, AI-generated, misinformation, or some combination of the bunch, and may have a negative impact on our attention spans and mental health ...

"When you're just showing raw visual stimuli and bombarding a kid with it, it just doesn't seem it's probably that good for them." The post YouTube Filling With Horrifying AI Slop for Children ...

Everybody knows that short-form videos aren't brilliant for your general psyche. Whether it's misinformation, TikTok dances, or AI slop, consuming it in large amounts isn't ideal for anyone — let ...

Even on YouTube Kids, which is intended to provide a more controlled digital environment for children, these kinds of A.I. videos are easy to find. Last summer, videos of A.I.-generated animals diving ...

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