What is AI Slop?
Low-quality digital content made in quantity with AI, like generic posts, odd-looking images and filler videos. The problem is careless mass production, not every use of AI.

made in bulk · checked by no one
In real work
When Merriam-Webster named 'slop' its 2025 Word of the Year, Denise finally had a name for the AI slop crowding the nonprofit's social feed.
In the illustration
The press runs flat out, stamping near-identical, smudged postcards into a bin that overflows onto the floor. Nobody stands at the press, and its counter spins past 1,000.
I drafted this post for our nonprofit's page with your AI assistant. Does it read like AI Slop? Point out anything generic, padded or possibly untrue, and ask me for one real story to add.
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