The internet is weighing in on YouTube's crackdown on “AI slop” videos flooding the platform.A report from Kapwing shows that 16 of the 100 most-subscribed such channels have been impacted since earlier this year. As of this writing, about 35 million subscribers and over 4.7 billion lifetime views have been axed. While some channels were deleted, others had all their videos removed with the account intact.Social media users have been reacting to the news with appreciation on X, with some even pointing out that this could help preserve quality and originality online. Here's how one user reacted, for instance:"That's a win. You can't scroll YouTube shorts anymore and not see a hundred AI slop videos or getting a bunch of AI garbage recommended to you."The comments didn't end there:"Personally I don’t see the point in taking down some of the most popular channels. If people like it I feel you shouldn’t take it down," one user noted. "This is what maturation looks like: platforms moving from growth-at-all-costs to sustainability," someone else remarked. "About time, honestly. Low-effort AI slop was gaming the system—this is YouTube protecting creators and the platform’s quality. If 35M subs and 4.7B views are getting hit, the message is loud and clear: value > volume," another chimed in. "Rest in peace to the 4.7 billion fake views," a fourth user remarked. See how the rest of X is reacting:"There are AI Channels with lots of happy subscribers. That is so different than the endless garbage videos you see under Shorts," one user remarked. "There’s obviously a demand for that kind of contact so I don’t see what the big deal is. YouTube made a big mistake by deleting them," someone else claimed. "So... For YouTube, AI channels are bad but AI Shorts.... No?" another questioned. "YouTube having a stroke and doing something good for once," yet another chimed in. Here's everything you need to know about the latest developments at YouTube:CEO of the company, Neal Mohan, said in an annual letter that,"it’s becoming harder to detect what’s real and what’s AI-generated." "To reduce the spread of low-quality AI content, we’re actively building on our established systems that have been very successful in combating spam and clickbait, and reducing the spread of low quality, repetitive content," wrote Mohan.Since then, the platform has aggressively axed several channels that consistently pushed AI slop. The most popular of these was 'CuentosFacianantes,' which had over 5,950,000 followers and $2,657,500 in estimated annual earnings. 'Imperiodejesus' and 'Super Cat League' were also taken down. They boasted 5,870,000 and 4,210,000 subscribers respectively.The 16 channels that were axed reportedly had a cumulative following of 35 million, with over 4.7 billion combined lifetime views, and just under $10 million in collective annual earnings.However, the platform is still open to utilizing AI tools. The video platform offers users the chance to edit with AI, generate Shorts clips, convert spoken dialogue to songs, and more.Stay tuned to Soap Central for more.