YouTube has begun surveying users asking if the videos they’re watching “feel like AI slop” in a new crackdown on AI content.
AI content has been a hot topic in the YouTube community and the platform has been keen on implementing the technology in some areas while taking issue with its overuse.
One of the biggest concerns has been the rise of “AI slop” content in which whole low-quality videos are made entirely using AI software and some channels have pulled in billions of views.
Now, in March 2026, the platform began giving users a poll option asking them for feedback on videos and if they’re “AI slop.”
YouTube targets “AI slop” with new polls
Across X, Reddit and other platforms, users began reporting being asked to analyze videos.
vidIQ, an account that posts YouTube updates, was one of the first to share screenshots of the survey, noting that in addition to AI slop, the Google-owned platform was also asking about “low-quality AI.”
In screenshots, YouTube shows users a video, title, and thumbnail, and specifically asks, “does this feel like AI slop?”
Users can then respond with five options: not at all, slightly, moderately, very much, and extremely.
It’s unclear what the site does if a video keeps getting labeled as AI slop and how this will affect the algorithm. But that hasn’t stopped some theories from going viral.
🚨 Did you just see what YouTube did?
YouTube isn't banning AI slop.. They're making you label it so they can train their next model to not look like slop.
Read that again…
You flag the bad AI content. YouTube collects it. Google feeds it into Veo 4… Then next year their… https://t.co/8UC2J3mjjv pic.twitter.com/mIrTChqC1b
— Tuki (@TukiFromKL) March 17, 2026
TukiFromKL suggested that YouTube is “making you label it so they can train their next model to not look like slop. You flag the bad AI content. YouTube collects it. Google feeds it into Veo 4… Then next year their AI generates videos so good you can’t tell the difference.”
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Meanwhile, earlier this month, Google announced it was investing in an animation studio to make AI YouTube videos for kids to combat the rise of low-quality AI content.