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Nearly 60% of TikTok videos shown to new users are AI slop, study finds
TL;DR Kapwing found 59% of TikTok videos shown to new accounts are AI slop, three times YouTube’s rate, with kids’ content the worst-hit…
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Business
The Paradoxes—and Problems—of the Family-Vlogging Industry
“Like, Follow, Subscribe” is decently reported, if clunkily written; it lacks the legal and philosophical acumen of Leah A. Plunkett’s…
News
The Team Behind the A.I. Lego-Style Videos That Lampoon Trump’s War in Iran
Explosive News posted its first Lego-style videos during the U.S. and Israel’s bombing campaign on Iranian nuclear facilities last June.…
Business
Paramount Sends ByteDance Cease-and-Desist Letter Over Seedance AI Videos, Alleging Intellectual Property Infringement
Paramount Skydance accused ByteDance of engaging in “blatant infringement” of its intellectual property with its Seedance video and…
Business
AI can now fake the videos we trust most. How to tell the difference—and how newsrooms can respond
The footage was real, verified, and delightful: a security camera clip of a coyote bouncing on a backyard trampoline in Los Angeles. Days…
News
The Download: US immigration agencies’ AI videos, and inside the Vitalism movement
The news: The US Department of Homeland Security is using AI video generators from Google and Adobe to make and edit content shared with…
Business
DHS is using Google and Adobe AI to make videos
In a section about “editing images, videos or other public affairs materials using AI,” it reveals for the first time that DHS is using…
News
New Iran videos show bodies piled up in hospital and snipers on roofs
Verified videos emerging from Iran show bodies piled up in a hospital, snipers stationed on buildings and CCTV cameras being destroyed,…
News
Videos of deadly Minneapolis shooting contradict Trump administration’s claims, experts say
Leaders of law enforcement organizations expressed alarm Sunday over the latest deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis while…
News
ICE vs ice videos from Minnesota put the agency’s weaknesses on display
Minneapolis is currently inundated with two kinds of ice—both of which make it hard for residents to move about the city. The…
News
‘GRWM as an ICE agent’ videos are trending on Tiktok
“Get ready with me as an absolute piece-of-shit ICE agent,” a TikTok video posted by comedian Adam Macias begins. It’s a comedic skit,…
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The End Goal of Trump’s Cringey, Nonsensical Videos
We’ve come to expect such aesthetic absurdity from him. Heck, that wasn’t even his first time using “Fortunate Son” as a soundtrack to…
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Style
The Year in Slop
2025 in Review New Yorker writers reflect on the year’s highs and lows. The Turing test, a long-established tool for measuring machine…
News
New anti-Mamdani AI videos and the deepfake generation of astroturfing
A creepy account that’s almost certainly using AI to generate videos of imaginary New Yorkers criticizing mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani…
Culture
Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma to Celebrate Cricket World Cup Win on Prime Video’s ‘Two Much With Kajol and Twinkle’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Prime Video is marking the Indian women’s cricket team World Cup triumph with a special episode of its unscripted series “Two Much with…
Culture
Prime Video’s ‘Malice’ Casts David Duchovny in a Lackluster ‘Ripley’ Riff: TV Review
For a thriller, the Amazon Prime Video series “Malice” is curiously devoid of tension. Right from the beginning, it’s clear that the…
News
'South Park' addresses AI-generated videos and copyright with Totoro, Trump and Bluey
“South Park” is known for pushing the envelope, but the latest episode has been described by fans online as “nightmare fuel.” In what is…
News
Michael Che Calls SNAP Freeze ‘Really F–ed Up’: I Keep Seeing ‘Racist Videos Celebrating (Mostly Black) Families Not Being Able to Buy Groceries’
“Saturday Night Live” star Michael Che is speaking out against the suspension of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),…
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AI videos of Hurricane Melissa flood social media as users confront natural disaster news in the Sora era
As Hurricane Melissa battered the Caribbean this week, social media became awash with AI-generated content that blurs the line between…
News
Sudan war: New videos show executions after RSF militia takes key city
Peter Mwai, Merlyn Thomas and Matt MurphyBBC Verify Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of executions. Fighters from the…
Fashion
Sora app's hyperreal AI videos ignite online trust crisis as downloads surge
Scrolling through the Sora app can feel a bit like entering a real-life multiverse. Michael Jackson performs standup; the alien from the…
Culture
Prime Video's Actual 'Bosch' Replacement Series Has Finally Confirmed a Return Date, and It Couldn't Come Sooner
After 10 seasons of following iconic detective Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver), fans were shocked and disappointed when Prime Video canceled…
Business
OpenAI Blocks Sora’s Ability to Generate Martin Luther King Jr. Videos at Family’s Request Following ‘Disrespectful Depictions’ of Civil Rights Leader
Artificial-intelligence powerhouse OpenAI has “paused” the ability of its Sora AI video system to create user-prompted videos of Dr.…
Celebrity
‘America’s Funniest Home Videos’ Owner V10 Entertainment and Vice Studios Create New Video Clip Competition Show (EXCLUSIVE)
Vice Studios (“Gangs of London”) and V10 Entertainment, which owns “America’s Funniest Home Videos” producer Vin DiBona Prods., have come…