Tech journalist Chris Stokel-Walker analyses the rise and rise of AI-generated video, and what it will mean for the internet and beyondLast month, in the same week, two tech giants launched apps based around AI-generated videos.The tech journalist Chris Stokel-Walker analyses OpenAI’s Sora 2 and Meta’s Vibes, the wider rise of this type of video, and its one pervading aesthetic: AI slop. Continue reading...
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