SHREVEPORT, La. - If your Facebook feed feels like it is flooded with strange photos, weird headlines, and posts that just seem off, you are not imagining things. A new kind of junk content is taking over social media, and it is being called AI slop.

AI slop is the name given to low-quality or completely fake content created by artificial intelligence. These posts often use synthetic images, made-up quotes, or AI-written articles. Some are silly. Others are manipulative, pushing scams, political propaganda, or misleading health claims.

One of the most viral examples this year showed Shaquille O’Neal crying at Magic Johnson’s hospital bedside with the headline “Magic is dying.” But Magic Johnson is fine. The photo was fake, generated by AI, and still shared thousands of times.

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