AI News For YouTubers: First Week Of 2026!

2026 is here and it's already brought new AI tools! But, a study has found that 'AI Slop' is stealing revenue from YouTubers. Let's look at it all in the first AI news of 2026... Resources From Today's Video: AI Slop Study: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/27/more-than-20-of-videos-shown-to-new-youtube-users-are-ai-slop-study-finds YouTube Playables: https://www.youtube.com/playablesbuilder/ Google AI Verification News: https://blog.google/technology/ai/google-ai-updates-december-2025/#:~:text=We%20added%20new%20AI%20verification,generated%20elements Seedance 1.5 Pro: https://seed.bytedance.com/en/seedance1_5_pro ElevenLabs: https://try.elevenlabs.io/z2qregx1qbg9 ChatGPT: https://chatgpt.com/ MORE AI TOOLS FOR YOUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL: ✅ Pikzels AI Thumbnail Generator: https://go.pikzels.com/greg ✅ Veo/Sora/Kling for generating AI Videos: https://www.aivideo.com/?promocode=gpvideo (gpvideo = 20% off) ✅ Nano Banana for generating AI Images: https://www.aivideo.com/?promocode=gpvideo (gpvideo = 20% off) ✅ 1of10 for Ideas: https://1of10.com/?via=greg-preece ✅ Subscribr for Scripting: https://subscribr.ai?via=greg ✅ Poppy AI for Research: https://start.getpoppy.ai/gregp (GREGP = $25 off) ✅ OpusClip AI for Video Clipping: https://www.opus.pro/?via=b6552a ✅ ElevenLabs for AI Voice Cloning/Voiceovers: https://try.elevenlabs.io/z2qregx1qbg9 ✅ Gling AI for faster Video Editing: https://gling.ai/?via=greg ✅ Gemini for Brainstorming: https://gemini.google.com/ ✅ HeyGen for AI Avatars: https://heygen.com/?sid=rewardful&via=gregory ✅ VidIQ for SEO: https://vidiq.com/gregpreece ✅ Elevenlabs for Music: https://try.elevenlabs.io/z2qregx1qbg9 00:00 Intro 00:29 AI Slop Threatens YouTubers 03:24 AI Games Come To YouTube 06:03 Google Creates AI Video Checker 07:54 Seedance 1.5 Pro Launch 10:04 ChatGPT Adds Personality Options