Merriam‑Webster’s 2025 ‘slop’ pick skewers low‑quality AI content

Computerworld reports that Merriam‑Webster has chosen “slop” — defined as low‑quality digital content often mass‑produced by AI — as its 2025 word of the year. The publisher says the term captured public frustration with a flood of junky AI‑generated videos, images, books and reports over the past year.