--- title: Slop is the new name for unwanted AI-generated content description: The term 'slop' is being used to describe unwanted AI-generated content. The author believes that sharing unreviewed AI-generated content is rude. An example... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/slop-is-the-new-name-for-unwanted-ai-generated-content-askzntv50 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Slop is the new name for unwanted AI-generated content | daily.dev og:description: The term 'slop' is being used to describe unwanted AI-generated content. The author believes that sharing unreviewed AI-generated content is rude. An example... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/slop-is-the-new-name-for-unwanted-ai-generated-content-askzntv50 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/askZnTV50.png og:image:alt: Slop is the new name for unwanted AI-generated content og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Slop is the new name for unwanted AI-generated content **[Simon Willison](https://daily.dev/sources/simonwillison)** · 1 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The term 'slop' is being used to describe unwanted AI-generated content. The author believes that sharing unreviewed AI-generated content is rude. An example of slop is when Microsoft listed the Ottawa Food Bank on an AI-generated travel guide. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai), [#ethical-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ethical-ai), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/slop-is-the-new-name-for-unwanted-ai-generated-content-askzntv50) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Slop is the new name for unwanted AI-generated content","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/slop-is-the-new-name-for-unwanted-ai-generated-content-askzntv50","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/slop-is-the-new-name-for-unwanted-ai-generated-content-askzntv50"},"datePublished":"2024-05-08T18:28:40.565Z","dateModified":"2026-05-14T02:13:56.944Z","description":"The term 'slop' is being used to describe unwanted AI-generated content. The author believes that sharing unreviewed AI-generated content is rude. An example...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0cca6d5afe9b0d28279a578323d1b138?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/0cca6d5afe9b0d28279a578323d1b138?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Simon Willison","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Simon Willison","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/cf12b897300740218b35f49a6309ec5b","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/simonwillison"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/slop-is-the-new-name-for-unwanted-ai-generated-content-askzntv50","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai,ethical-ai,llm","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Simon Willison","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/simonwillison"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Slop is the new name for unwanted AI-generated content"}]} ```