AI slop shared by the White House
In January 2026 the White House's X account shared an AI-generated image of U.S. Pres. Donald Trump and a penguin (holding an American flag) walking across a field of snow toward a mountain range and the flag of Greenland. The image was posted amid Trump's campaign to annex Greenland to the United States, even though the island is a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark (and penguins do not live there).
AI slop
AI slop is a colloquial term for low-quality media content, including images, video, audio, and text, generated by artificial intelligence (AI) with seemingly little effort from a human interlocutor. It may refer to content created to mislead or influence users, such as false news reports and propaganda; to earn revenue, such as AI-generated e-books or music tracks posted to streaming platforms; or to entertain, such as absurdist social media videos. In 2025 Merriam-Webster named slop...
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