In a Japanese shop selling pocket-money trinkets, there is a rack of toys, stickers and keyrings based on a global crew of AI-generated characters that almost every child knows about -- and very few ...

The great slop cleanup ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study by Kapwing says that a huge volume of videos circulating on YouTube are brainrot content and ‘AI slop’: a catch-all ...

YouTube is cracking down on AI slop channels that have infested the platform, with CEO Neal Mohan doubling down on ...

If the names “Ballerina Cappuccina”, ”Tralalero Tralala,” and “Tung Tung Tung Sahur” sound simultaneously vaguely familiar, kind of catchy, and downright nonsensical, you’re not alone. What they all ...

Brainrot YouTube videos have raked in more than 63,000,000,000 views, generating about £90,000,000 in revenue every year. The low quality AI content – designed to farm views – could make up more than ...

The U.S. government shutdown that began this week is the first in seven years. While it might not feel immediately disruptive, for startups waiting on permits, visas, or regulatory approvals, even a ...

The media giant Gannett, the largest owner of American local newspapers and the publisher of USA Today, is using AI to churn out a nationwide torrent of automated articles about lottery results that ...

Cartoonish AI creatures have fast become memes, inspiring a stream of new content such as “Brainrot Rap,” viewed 116 million times on YouTube. School-age Italian ...