Google backs AI animation studio with $1m to improve kids’ content on YouTube as platform battles rise of “AI slop”

Google has invested $1 million in an animation startup developing artificial intelligence-powered children’s content, a move that underscores growing concern inside YouTube over the explosion of low-quality AI-generated videos on the platform. The funding, provided through Google’s AI Futures Fund, will support Animaj, a digital animation studio that focuses on children’s programming. In addition to […] Google has invested $1 million in an animation startup developing artificial intelligence-powered children’s content, a move that underscores growing concern inside YouTube over the explosion of low-quality AI-generated videos on the platform. The fu... [5715 chars]