Dozens of YouTube Channels Are Showing AI-Generated Cartoon Gore and Fetish Content
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Summary
AI-generated content is targeting children with disturbing themes, in what has been termed the second wave of Elsagate, after the disturbing YouTube videos scandal in 2017.
Previously, humans created most inappropriate content, but AI is now making such videos easily created and lucrative, and their creators are using YouTube’s algorithms to target young viewers.
Disturbing content includes characters in extreme distress, mutilation and medical procedures, and depictions of child abuse and torture.
YouTube has so far terminated two channels and suspended the monetization of three others, but many of the videos and their reposts remain on the platform, and new ones are springing up every time the platform removes one.
