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“Thanks to AI, we allow shit to be turned into a candy,” - they openly admit.

What do these 9 YouTube cooking channels located in the US, Germany, and Canada have in common?

1. They are all affiliated with one person, who directly advocates for using AI-generated thumbnails, “turning shit into a candy”.
2. His thumbnails deceptively display fake AI-generated cooking results.

The matter is, I’ve only shown 9 channels in the first video attached, but the Belarusian YouTube agency behind them is in charge of far more. There are hundreds of additional channels registered in Germany, the United States, Italy, and other countries, run by the agency's director Alexandr Orobeiko or by his followers and students. Those videos with fake AI-generated thumbnails dominate YouTube search for cooking recipes.

These channels have been mass-producing cooking videos for the past several years. The worst part of their business model is the advice they give in their seminars: they aren't focusing on developing recipes, instead they're focusing on “wrapping it right,” but what's right by them? They use AI thumbnails to fake the looks of the resulting meals, or as Orobeiko directly stated in his video: “Thanks to AI, we allow shit to be turned into a candy.” (openly admitted in the second video attached)

I don't think that these AI-generated garbage channels deserve a simple “AI content” labeling. There's something inherently wrong with YouTube's algorithms that incentivize mass following for this kind of slops that get high visibility, recommendations, and monetization. This should change if authentic creators mean anything at all to YouTube. @TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators

[Neal Mohan @nealmohan]

This week at @YouTube:

📺 @foxone launched on Primetime Channels (@peacock coming soon!).
🤳 For the sixth year, we received brand safety accreditation from the Media Rating Council (and are the first platform to earn this for short-form video).
🎶 We welcomed another group of talented artists into Foundry, @youtubemusic's global artist development program.

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@reksmore @GrapeApe9k The only thing that helps at the moment is to clear the history and likes for specific videos you don't want to be recommended. Their "Do Not Recommend" feature is simply broken.

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@DB_Visuals_ Have you watched the video I attached? Majority of the recommendations on the right are bot farms. New creators with cooking channels cannot compete with bots. Read the below post to understand the mechanics behind similar channels.

https://t.co/RzmgXHL0RQ

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“Thanks to AI, we allow shit to be turned into a candy,” - they openly admit.

What do these 9 YouTube cooking channels located in the US, Germany, and Canada have in common?

1. They are all affiliated with one person, who directly advocates for using AI-generated thumbnails, “turning shit into a candy”.
2. His thumbnails deceptively display fake AI-generated cooking results.

The matter is, I’ve only shown 9 channels in the first video attached, but the Belarusian YouTube agency behind them is in charge of far more. There are hundreds of additional channels registered in Germany, the United States, Italy, and other countries, run by the agency's director Alexandr Orobeiko or by his followers and students. Those videos with fake AI-generated thumbnails dominate YouTube search for cooking recipes.

These channels have been mass-producing cooking videos for the past several years. The worst part of their business model is the advice they give in their seminars: they aren't focusing on developing recipes, instead they're focusing on “wrapping it right,” but what's right by them? They use AI thumbnails to fake the looks of the resulting meals, or as Orobeiko directly stated in his video: “Thanks to AI, we allow shit to be turned into a candy.” (openly admitted in the second video attached)

I don't think that these AI-generated garbage channels deserve a simple “AI content” labeling. There's something inherently wrong with YouTube's algorithms that incentivize mass following for this kind of slops that get high visibility, recommendations, and monetization. This should change if authentic creators mean anything at all to YouTube. @TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators

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@DevelopementD @OrevaZSN same here

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@davexmachina I want your tweet to be heard by big channels 😭

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@Kougeru I hope this trend continues.

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What would you say about this algorithm recommendation? The YouTube algorithm loves her. Do you think the creator of Ricette Fresche is doing everything right to get her millions of views by using AI thumbnails that don't even look like the final dish? By looking at her brows, I'm not sure if she is a real person at all.

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@MichaelKinney And most of the creators are right by ignoring it while the YT algorithm is broken.

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@coffeebreak_YT We need investigation into youtube bot farms 🙏

https://t.co/RzmgXHL0RQ

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“Thanks to AI, we allow shit to be turned into a candy,” - they openly admit.

What do these 9 YouTube cooking channels located in the US, Germany, and Canada have in common?

1. They are all affiliated with one person, who directly advocates for using AI-generated thumbnails, “turning shit into a candy”.
2. His thumbnails deceptively display fake AI-generated cooking results.

The matter is, I’ve only shown 9 channels in the first video attached, but the Belarusian YouTube agency behind them is in charge of far more. There are hundreds of additional channels registered in Germany, the United States, Italy, and other countries, run by the agency's director Alexandr Orobeiko or by his followers and students. Those videos with fake AI-generated thumbnails dominate YouTube search for cooking recipes.

These channels have been mass-producing cooking videos for the past several years. The worst part of their business model is the advice they give in their seminars: they aren't focusing on developing recipes, instead they're focusing on “wrapping it right,” but what's right by them? They use AI thumbnails to fake the looks of the resulting meals, or as Orobeiko directly stated in his video: “Thanks to AI, we allow shit to be turned into a candy.” (openly admitted in the second video attached)

I don't think that these AI-generated garbage channels deserve a simple “AI content” labeling. There's something inherently wrong with YouTube's algorithms that incentivize mass following for this kind of slops that get high visibility, recommendations, and monetization. This should change if authentic creators mean anything at all to YouTube. @TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators

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@automat_expert @PhiloGroves The Youtube algorithm has been broken for a while if you didn't know. Clearing the watch history will only remove the recommendations for specific videos. As soon as you watch some AI trash then your recommendations will be filled out with trash.

https://t.co/A9Vnuq9Z9o

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YouTube keeps giving advice while its recommendation algorithm is broken. It continues recommending ugly AI content from bot farms, all disguised behind "eye pleasing" AI-generated thumbnails.

Just look at the recommendations carousel on the right in my example below: 99% of the suggested videos are fakes. And new creators are barely recommended at all, so they never stand a chance to be discovered in the ocean of garbage. Notice how these bot farms have hundreds of thousands of subscribers and millions of views, all thanks to the YouTube algorithm.

AI content should be clearly labeled universally, and YouTube should take action against bot farms if it wants to stay relevant as a platform.

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@TubeBuddy We did a little investigation into cooking farms below. I don't see them being demonetized though.

https://t.co/RzmgXHL0RQ

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“Thanks to AI, we allow shit to be turned into a candy,” - they openly admit.

What do these 9 YouTube cooking channels located in the US, Germany, and Canada have in common?

1. They are all affiliated with one person, who directly advocates for using AI-generated thumbnails, “turning shit into a candy”.
2. His thumbnails deceptively display fake AI-generated cooking results.

The matter is, I’ve only shown 9 channels in the first video attached, but the Belarusian YouTube agency behind them is in charge of far more. There are hundreds of additional channels registered in Germany, the United States, Italy, and other countries, run by the agency's director Alexandr Orobeiko or by his followers and students. Those videos with fake AI-generated thumbnails dominate YouTube search for cooking recipes.

These channels have been mass-producing cooking videos for the past several years. The worst part of their business model is the advice they give in their seminars: they aren't focusing on developing recipes, instead they're focusing on “wrapping it right,” but what's right by them? They use AI thumbnails to fake the looks of the resulting meals, or as Orobeiko directly stated in his video: “Thanks to AI, we allow shit to be turned into a candy.” (openly admitted in the second video attached)

I don't think that these AI-generated garbage channels deserve a simple “AI content” labeling. There's something inherently wrong with YouTube's algorithms that incentivize mass following for this kind of slops that get high visibility, recommendations, and monetization. This should change if authentic creators mean anything at all to YouTube. @TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators

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@Danny2KYT It is broken for everyone.

[Darius Dan @dariusdan]

Every AI funded company talks about the future of creativity.

Not one of them asked a single creative what future they actually want.

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@NiferEdits @Stanley5574420 Youtube algorithm seems to be prioritizing the videos with AI thumbnails.

https://t.co/RzmgXHL0RQ

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“Thanks to AI, we allow shit to be turned into a candy,” - they openly admit.

What do these 9 YouTube cooking channels located in the US, Germany, and Canada have in common?

1. They are all affiliated with one person, who directly advocates for using AI-generated thumbnails, “turning shit into a candy”.
2. His thumbnails deceptively display fake AI-generated cooking results.

The matter is, I’ve only shown 9 channels in the first video attached, but the Belarusian YouTube agency behind them is in charge of far more. There are hundreds of additional channels registered in Germany, the United States, Italy, and other countries, run by the agency's director Alexandr Orobeiko or by his followers and students. Those videos with fake AI-generated thumbnails dominate YouTube search for cooking recipes.

These channels have been mass-producing cooking videos for the past several years. The worst part of their business model is the advice they give in their seminars: they aren't focusing on developing recipes, instead they're focusing on “wrapping it right,” but what's right by them? They use AI thumbnails to fake the looks of the resulting meals, or as Orobeiko directly stated in his video: “Thanks to AI, we allow shit to be turned into a candy.” (openly admitted in the second video attached)

I don't think that these AI-generated garbage channels deserve a simple “AI content” labeling. There's something inherently wrong with YouTube's algorithms that incentivize mass following for this kind of slops that get high visibility, recommendations, and monetization. This should change if authentic creators mean anything at all to YouTube. @TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators

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@VoltZVR @YouTubeCreators @TeamYouTube Too many bugs, I believe.

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@VoltZVR @YouTubeCreators Good one. They probably don't even know there's a bug on the videos page that shows all thumbnails across all Youtube channels in low resolution. @TeamYouTube, it's an easy bug to fix.

[Vivian @suchnerve]

Left behind on what? Skill regression? Because that’s what happens when you try to replace your own mental effort with AI. I love that I can write, plan, research, edit, and create entirely within my own head.

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@Agendahene @YouTubeCreators YouTube’s algorithm mostly ignores new creators: especially long videos, because it prioritizes bot-farm spam instead. Just look at the recommendations on the right: 99% bot farms recycling the exact same videos with swapped AI thumbnails and YT algorithm prioritizes them first.

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@julsoncloud9 @emeyorX The best comment 👏