Report: AI 'slopaganda' polluting Canada separatism conversation

Low-quality, AI-generated content – sometimes called 'AI slop' – is appearing more frequently in users' feeds, and Bridgman said polarising political topics, such as Alberta separatism, prove to be lucrative subjects for their creators. — Photo by Mikhail Pushkarev on Unsplash

MONTREAL: Inauthentic YouTube channels are still churning out content on Alberta separatism even after a Canadian report raised concerns about the videos' presence.

According to the study released last week by the Media Ecosystem Observatory (MEO) at McGill University, a network of 20 channels has received over 40 million views over the past year, publishing what the researchers called "slopaganda" about Albertan secession using paid actors and artificial intelligence.