AI will be a “boon to creatives who are ready to lean in,” according to YouTube chief Neal Mohan. But at the same time, the video giant is taking steps to minimize the spread of low-quality AI content — aka “AI slop.”
In his annual letter to the YouTube community outlining 2026 priorities, Mohan said that on average, more than 1 million channels used YouTube’s AI creation tools daily in December. And more are coming: This year “you’ll be able to create a Short using your own likeness,” as well as produce games with a text prompt and experiment with music.
