YouTube Bans AI Slop Monetisation Starting July 15th - Platform Fights Content Flooding

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July 14, 2025
From AI with Kyle News and Updates Live Stream. First aired: 11th July 2025 Watch edited live stream: https://youtu.be/9MwjYotdGZ4 Get the full notes and summary: https://promptentrepreneur.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe and turn on notifications to catch the next live stream: https://www.youtube.com/@iamkylebalmer?sub_confirmation=1 YouTube is updating its monetisation guidelines on July 15th to better identify and demonetise "mass produced and repetitive content," much of which consists of AI-generated videos that flood the platform despite some getting hundreds of millions of views. The move reflects YouTube's existential concern that AI slop threatens their ability to surface quality content, as creators can now spam massive amounts of AI-generated material hoping for viral hits. This represents a healthy middle ground on AI usage - supporting beneficial applications like cancer detection and refugee assistance while cracking down on low-quality content that degrades platform quality and trains future AI models on inferior material.