YouTube clarifies which AI-generated videos lose ad monetization

YouTube updated its monetization policies to more clearly define what counts as AI-generated 'slop' or low-quality content that can't earn ad revenue.

Why it matters: As AI video tools make mass-produced content trivially cheap, platforms are being forced to draw explicit lines between legitimate AI-assisted creation and spam. The specifics of this policy will directly shape what kind of AI content creators bother making, given YouTube's scale.