“The monster was defeated,” one YouTuber told Deadline after the slop channels were taken down. Whatever your thoughts on AI imagery, these channels weren’t using the tech to innocently envision some fanboy’s dream casting. Some are using AI to impersonate public figures, garnering hundreds of thousands of views. What probably happened here is that the AI movie trailer channels simply played fast and loose with copyright laws for too long, ticked off the wrong IP owners, and got kicked to the curb. More on AI: TikTok Accounts Are Using AI Slop to Sell Seeds to Plants That Don’t Exist