'AI slop' accounts for one in five YouTube Shorts videos

"'AI slop' can and does refer to text, audio, or images. But what’s really broken through this year is the flood of quick ...

YouTube search filters now let users remove Shorts from results

To solve this, YouTube is finally adding search filters. With the new option, users can quickly remove Shorts and see longer ...
Mashable

YouTube creators can now quickly make Shorts from their long-form videos

YouTube Shorts, the company's short-form video TikTok competitor, has proven to be a big success for the platform. But YouTube is still synonymous with its longer content and its well known long-form ...
CNN

She makes $20,000 a month to make 1-minute YouTube videos. Inside Google’s strategy to beat TikTok

YouTube says hundreds of thousands of creators are now earning a paycheck from posting short-form videos on the platform, as it ramps up its race to compete with rivals like TikTok and Instagram. It ...

YouTube’s cofounder and former tech boss doesn’t want his kids to watch short videos, warning short-form content ‘equates to shorter attention spans’

A YouTube cofounder who helped pave the way for our modern, content-obsessed world is the latest tech whiz to come out ...
Forbes

YouTube, TikTok, And Short Video Addictions Among Emerging Adults

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Short Video Addiction (SVA) is a term used by researchers, and this is separate from excessive general internet use. A 2025 report ...