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Sandra Wachter @swachter.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Platforms want to keep you online for as long as possible but rainbows & unicorns dont keep people engaged. Outrageous, toxic content does. Demonetization is not solving the problem. Platforms breed toxicity bc of the business model My interview @wired.com @laurahday.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2jmfjmn7

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‘Cheapfake’ AI Celeb Videos Are Rage-Baiting People on YouTube

WIRED found over 100 YouTube channels using AI to create lazy fan-fiction-style videos. Despite being obviously fake, there’s a psychological reason people are falling for them.

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

this builds off @knibbs.bsky.social's reporting on the rise of AI-generated kid-focused content on YouTube as well as reporting on Elsagate, which saw sexualized content featuring Disney characters on the platform. www.wired.com/story/your-k...

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Your Kid May Already Be Watching AI-Generated Videos on YouTube

Get-rich-quick hustlers say it’s a great time to push AI-generated kids videos on YouTube. WIRED found some channels targeting children that appear to be already embracing the technology.

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

“A number of videos have also been removed for violating our Child Safety policy,” a YouTube spokesperson told WIRED. “As always, all content uploaded to YouTube is subject to our Community Guidelines and quality principles for kids—regardless of how it’s generated.”

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Manisha Krishnan @manishakrishnan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Nightmare fuel. @laurahday.bsky.social found YouTube channels, explicitly or implicitly targeting kids, showing AI-generated cartoon cats and minions being abused. YT removed a couple channels as a result of WIRED's story, but dozens of similar channels remain up: www.wired.com/story/dozens...

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Dozens of YouTube Channels Are Showing AI-Generated Cartoon Gore and Fetish Content

A WIRED investigation found that dozens of YouTube channels are using generative AI to depict cartoon cats and minions being beaten, starved, and sexualized—sparking fears of a new Elsagate wave.

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Laura Holliday @laurahday.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Now hiring on Upwork - AI slopywriters 😭

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Jessica @jessicur.com · 03/02/2025

Connor Ferguson hopped on video and explained his situation. Go and give it a watch. His story deserves to be heard instead of silenced by a maniac... www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMtF...

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on being pursued by a predator online for years, yet again

YouTube video by Connor Douglas Ferguson

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Matthew Champion @matthewchampion.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I would love to make a starter pack for UK-based freelance journalists joining Bluesky to help get commissions, please let me know if that's you or someone you've worked with (freelance journalists outside the UK will be next!)

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