How AI Fruit Gore Videos Are Quietly Normalizing Violence for the Next Generation
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The rapid increase in child-targeted ‘AI slop’ on platforms like TikTok and YouTube is raising concerns about users’ cognitive abilities. An analysis by the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) suggests that low-quality AI-generated animation videos could be a way to secretly distribute ‘violent and extremist content’. It is clear that platforms are putting no obstacles in the way of these AI videos, and that videos are appearing on…
How AI Fruit Gore Videos Are Quietly Normalizing Violence for the Next Generation
Colorful carrots wield saws. Potatoes explode in cartoonish sprays of red. A cheerful banana character delivers a monologue about rising again as the “Banana State.” These scenes sound absurd. They scroll past in seconds on TikTok feeds. Yet researchers say they mark a troubling turn in how generative AI shapes young minds. The Shift From Harmless Slop to Targeted Gore Low-quality AI videos known as slop flood social platforms. They once feature…
Content creators use the innocent appearance of animated synthetic characters to strain hate speech and radical ideology among children's audiences
Violent AI Clips Of Fruit And Veg Characters Could Help Radicalise Young People, Researchers Claim
The content is said to be part of a rise in “brain rot” clips showing anthropomorphic foods playing out melodramatic romance, betrayal and scandal plots. However, there is a sinister side with “extreme mutilation, torture, and hyper-realistic violence” on show in some videos. Other clips apparently reference specific criminal and extremist groups such as Islamic State (IS). The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) – a research initi…
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