Macquarie Dictionary named “AI slop” Word of the Year and Euronews reports that 2025 was dominated by cheaply produced, AI-generated content that flooded the internet, after Merriam‑Webster earlier put “slop” at the top of its list.The wave of AI-made material provoked a corporate and creative backlash: major brands such as Vogue and Coca‑Cola were criticised, iHeartMedia adopted a “guaranteed human” tagline, publishers like The Tyee set no-AI policies and creators used labels like “made by humans,” amid controversies over AI performers such as Tilly Norwood and an error-prone podcast bot at The Washington Post.Platforms and technologists responded with tools and removals—Spotify sought AI music it could not detect for weeks, Pinterest and TikTok added user controls, developers built extensions like Slop Evader, and Merriam‑Webster editor Greg Barlow said people want “things that are real, they want things that are genuine.”