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Pinterest Users Are Tired of All the AI Slop
[ad_1] For five years, Caitlyn Jones has used Pinterest on a weekly basis to find recipes for her son. In September, Jones spotted a creamy chicken and broccoli slow-cooker recipe,...
How I learned to stop worrying and love AI slop
[ad_1] @digitalpersons AI video technology is evolving so quickly that even for creative professionals, there is a lot to experiment with. Daryl Anselmo, a creative director turned digital artist, has...
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The Year in Slop
[ad_1] 2025 in ReviewNew Yorker writers reflect on the year’s highs and lows.The Turing test, a long-established tool for measuring machine intelligence, gauges the point at which a text-generating machine...
Surprise, surprise: People don’t want AI slop on ‘SNL’
[ad_1] Across the internet, eagle-eyed sleuths are crying “AI slop” after Saturday Night Live aired segments with what looks like AI-generated imagery. The first instance, from Saturday’s cold open, shows...
How ‘slop’ became the defining word of 2025
[ad_1] It’s official: 2025 was the year of slop. Merriam-Webster just announced in a post that its “human editors” have chosen “slop” as the 2025 Word of the Year. The...
AI advertising slop is on the rise. The cure? The STFU brand strategy
[ad_1] There’s a statistic that’s been making the rounds for the better part of a decade that says the average person is exposed to about 10,000 ads every day. This...
From ‘AI slop’ to ‘rage bait’: 2025’s words of the year represent digital disillusionment
[ad_1] Which terms best represent 2025? Every year, editors for publications ranging from the Oxford English Dictionary to the Macquarie Dictionary of Australian English select a word of the year....
The Download: AI and the economy, and slop for the masses
[ad_1] There's a lot at stake when it comes to understanding how AI is changing the economy right now. Should we be pessimistic? Optimistic? Or is the situation too nuanced...
The AI Hype Index: The people can’t get enough of AI slop
[ad_1] Separating AI reality from hyped-up fiction isn’t always easy. That’s why we’ve created the AI Hype Index—a simple, at-a-glance summary of everything you need to know about the state...
The Man Who Makes AI Slop by Hand
[ad_1] Mu is not the only comedian who has tried to imitate the style of AI-generated videos, but he really nails all of the elements: The clumsy bodily movements, the...
Contributor: The web is awash in AI slop. Real content is for subscribers only, and democracy suffers
[ad_1] Princess Diana stumbling through a parkour park. Team USA taking gold at the Bong Olympics. Tank Man breakdancing in Tiananmen Square. Kurt Cobain playing pogs. Tupac Shakur seeking poutine...
