Such AI slops – mass-produced content created by inexpensive artificial intelligence tools that turn simple text prompts into surreal visuals – frequently own real posts, blurring the line between fiction and reality.
This trend is driven by platform incentive programs that create a cottage industry for AI influencers, stirring up large amounts of sexual clips with minimal effort, and often financially rewarding viral content.
The horde of AI clips loaded with humor in the locker room is intended to show a quick look at female interviewers on the streets of India and England.
AFP fact checkers tracked many such videos on Instagram in Hindi. This is said to indicate that male interviewees may even hold a woman or grab a woman, and male interviewees may even grab a woman.
Many videos have won tens of millions of views – and some have further monetized their traction by promoting adult chat apps to “make new female friends.”
The manufactured clips were so realistic that some users of the comments questioned whether the women in the spotlight were real.
Samples of these videos, analyzed by US cybersecurity company GetReal Security, showed that they were created using Google's VEO 3 AI generator, known for Hyper-Realistic Visuals.
“Gender harm”
“The misogyny that was usually left hidden in locker room chats and groups is now dressed to the AI visual,” India-based cyber psychologist Nira Libertia told AFP.
“This is part of the harms of gender via AI,” she said, adding that the trend “promotes sexism.”
This trend provides a window into the internet landscape. Now, AI-generated memes, videos and images pay attention to authentic content.
“The content generated by AI slops and all sorts of unsigned AI slowly shatters away any small trust left in visual content,” GetReal Security's Emmanuelle Saliba told AFP.
The most viral misogynistic content often relies on shocking values. These include Instagram and Tiktok Clips, which Wired Magazine was generated using VEO 3 to portray Black women as big, legged primates.
One popular Tiktok account video lists what the so-called gold digit “Girls Gone Wild” does for money.
The woman is also a feed to torment AI-driven ClickBait, and AFP fact checkers track a viral video of a fake marine trainer named “Jessica Radcliffe” and are fatally attacked by ORCA at a live show in the water park.
The produced footage spread rapidly across platforms such as Tiktok, Facebook and X, sparking global rage from users who believe women are real.
“Unrealistic”
Last year, Alexios Mantzarlis, director of Cornell Tech's Security, Trust and Safety Initiative, discovered 900 Instagram accounts for AI-generated “models.”
These thirst traps cumulatively attracted 13 million followers, posted over 200,000 images, and monetized reach by redirecting viewers to commercial content sharing platforms.
“The numbers are much bigger now,” Mantzarlis told AFP as AI Fakery is growing online.
“Expect more nonsense content that utilizes body standards that are not only unrealistic, but also literally unrealistic,” he added.
Financially incentive slops have become increasingly challenging for police as content creators, including students and home parents around the world, turn to AI video production as gig work.
Many creators on YouTube and Tiktok offer paid courses on how to monetize viral AI-generating materials on their platforms.
Some platforms have tried to crack down on accounts that promote Slop, and YouTube has recently said that creators of “fraud” and “mass-produced” content are not eligible for monetization.
“AI does not invent misogyny. It reflects and amplifies what is already there,” AI consultant Divyendra Jadoun told AFP.
“When viewers reward this kind of content with millions of likes, algorithmic and AI creators continue to produce it. The bigger battle is not just technology, it's social and cultural.”
