More than 200 child advocacy groups and experts are demanding that YouTube ban AI-generated “slop” from its kids’ platform, citing harm to young viewers and profits for the company.
AI Videos Flood YouTube Kids
On Wednesday, the open letter was organized by the children’s advocacy group Fairplay and addressed to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
It was signed by 135 organizations, including the American Federation of Teachers and the American Counseling Association, along with researchers such as Jonathan Haidt, author of The Anxious Generation.
“AI-generated videos are really just an escalation of a myriad of problems that YouTube already has when it comes to interfacing with kids on their platforms,” said Rachel Franz, director of Fairplay’s Young Children Thrive Offline program, as …
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