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Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’

Merriam-Webster has settled on a word that represents 2025 – and that word is “slop.” The dictionary-maker defines “slop” as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence,” something that many people have become familiar with as AI-generated content permeates the internet.

How Wikipedia is fighting AI slop content

With the rise of AI writing tools, Wikipedia editors have had to deal with an onslaught of AI-generated content filled with false information and phony citations. Already, the community of Wikipedia volunteers has mobilized to fight back against AI slop, something Wikimedia Foundation product director Marshall Miller likens to a…

August 8, 2025

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If Big Tech cared about fighting AI slop, it wouldn’t be drowning us in it

Progress towards reliable deepfake labelling tech is sluggish, despite all the “help” from AI providers. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images As 2025 drew to a close, Instagram head Adam Mosseri ended the year by doom-posting about AI. "Authenticity is becoming infinitely reproducible," Mosseri lamented. "Everything that…

February 23, 2026

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Samsung is on slop watch at Unpacked

Skate or Die: Slop City Nights. | Image: Samsung Another Unpacked is nearly upon us. On February 25th, Samsung is expected to announce the Galaxy S26 series of flagship phones - potentially including the S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra - with another round of AI-based features. That will come…

February 24, 2026

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