A study found 59% of the videos TikTok serves new accounts are AI "slop"

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A Kapwing study found that 59% of videos served to new TikTok accounts are AI-generated slop, with children's content being the worst affected. TikTok offers a 'see less AI content' option.

Kapwing set up fresh TikTok accounts and found 59% of the videos served to them were AI slop, synthetic visuals or low-effort AI voiceover compilations. That's about three times what they saw on YouTube Shorts. Kids' content was worst: 57% overall, and 97% under the #CartoonKids tag. TikTok does offer a "see less AI content" option on the For You Page, which tells you they're aware of it. https://aiweekly.co/alerts/kapwing-59-of-new-tiktok-feeds-are-ai-slop
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