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AI-generated junk videos are quietly flooding YouTube recommendations and making billions in the process, which means the content you trust is increasingly shaped by automation rather than intent, so as a professional, you may want to double-check what you forward before becoming the office curator of algorithmic nonsense. At the same time, OpenAI and Anthropic have temporarily doubled usage limits for their tools, giving everyone extra AI horsepower to experiment with, which is great news if you want to test ideas now instead of explaining to your manager later why your prompts ran out before your patience did. Meanwhile, China is moving to tightly regulate human-like AI systems with strict disclosure and accountability rules, offering a preview of what’s coming globally, so if your work touches chatbots or digital assistants this is your early warning to prepare before compliance meetings replace creativity sessions.

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• 📺 YouTube – AI Slow Floods Feeds, Billions.

• 🚀 OpenAI Anthropic – Double Usage Limits Temporarily

• 🛡️ China – Drafts Strict Humanlike AI Rules

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📺 YouTube’s AI “slop” problem generates billions

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Research by video‑editing platform Kapwing found that AI‑generated “slop” – low‑quality, spam‑like videos produced en masse – now makes up more than 20% of content recommended to new YouTube users. Hundreds of channels solely produce slop, accumulating billions of views and substantial revenue.

📌The Download

• Massive presence: Among the 500 videos recommended to new YouTube accounts, 104 were identified as AI slop, meaning content churned out by synthetic tools with minimal human oversight.

• Profit engine: Kapwing identified 278 channels devoted entirely to slop. These channels garnered roughly 63 billion views and an estimated $117 million in revenue, highlighting a profitable and growing industry.

• Algorithmic promotion: YouTube’s recommendation system appears to disproportionately surface slop for new users, raising concerns that algorithmic incentives favour low‑effort content over higher‑quality productions.

• Cultural worries: Critics warn that AI slop crowds out authentic creators and misleads audiences. The findings may prompt YouTube to tweak its algorithms and increase transparency around AI‑generated media.

💡What This Means for You

The rise of AI‑generated slop affects how we consume information. Professionals should be mindful of the content they share and rely on, verifying sources and favouring quality over quantity. Expect heightened scrutiny of AI‑created media and possible shifts in content‑platform algorithms.

🚀 Holiday bonus: OpenAI & Anthropic double usage limits

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As a year‑end surprise, OpenAI doubled the rate limits for its Codex programming assistant, allowing developers to send twice as many requests until January 1, 2026. Anthropic similarly doubled usage for Claude Pro and Max subscribers from December 25–31 to alleviate high‑demand periods.

📌The Download

• OpenAI’s boost: Developers using OpenAI’s Codex temporarily receive double the rate limits, making it easier to run heavy workflows or maintain continuous coding sessions during the holiday break.

• Anthropic’s gift: Anthropic increased daily usage quotas for Claude Pro and Max subscribers from December 25–31, acknowledging customer frustration with frequent caps and offering more headroom for experiments.

• Limited timeframe: Both promotions are temporary—OpenAI’s ends on January 1, 2026, and Anthropic’s ends on December 31, 2025. Limits revert afterwards, so developers should plan accordingly.

• Holiday motivations: The companies say they want to help users finish year‑end projects and evaluate their tools without hitting restrictions, though the move also encourages more paid usage and fosters goodwill.

💡What This Means for You

Temporary increases in AI‑tool allowances help you experiment with generative coding and language assistants. Plan to test features while limits are higher and provide feedback. Expect limits to return, reminding us that high demand and cost pressures still shape how AI services are rationed.

🛡️ China drafts strict rules for human‑like AI

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China’s Cyberspace Administration published draft regulations targeting AI systems that mimic human personalities. Providers must assume full responsibility across the model’s life cycle, ban content threatening national security or morality, disclose when users interact with AI, and undergo tiered supervision and security assessments.

📌The Download

• Content red lines: The draft bans anthropomorphic AI from generating content that endangers national security or social stability or involves obscenity, violence, or misinformation.

• Identity disclosure: Providers must clearly inform users when they are interacting with an AI and protect minors and the elderly from manipulation; the rules require safeguarding personal data and preventing misuse of interaction data.

• Tiered supervision: The framework proposes a risk‑based registration system, mandatory security assessments and regulatory sandboxes. Higher‑risk services would be subject to more stringent oversight and post‑deployment evaluations.

• Industrial impact: By emphasising accountability, China aims to steer the explosive “virtual human” industry toward safer, more controllable applications and to prevent large‑scale misuse of personal‑interaction data.

💡What This Means for You

Expect tighter guardrails around AI chatbots that act like humans. Working professionals dealing with interactive agents should anticipate compliance requirements—clear disclosure, restricted content and audits. This may spur similar frameworks in other regions and influence how companies design avatars, digital assistants and conversational AI products.

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Short, sharp updates to keep your finger on the AI pulse.

• Italy orders Meta to suspend restrictive WhatsApp policy: Italy’s Competition Authority ordered Meta to suspend a WhatsApp policy barring companies from using the business API to distribute third‑party AI chatbots. Regulators said the policy restricted competition and stifled innovation. The European Commission opened a parallel inquiry, and Meta vowed to fight the decision.

• Hiring an AI “Head of Preparedness” – OpenAI gets serious about risks: OpenAI is creating a high‑level Head of Preparedness position to track and mitigate the dangers of frontier AI. CEO Sam Altman emphasised on X that AI can threaten mental health and cybersecurity, so the new leader will build threat models, capability evaluations and mitigation plans for “superalignment” risks.

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