At Work and Across the Internet, the Word of the Year is ‘Slop’

Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster cited ‘absurd videos, off-kilter advertising images, (and) cheesy propaganda’ flooding ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Apollo PE Co-Head Says Era of ‘Low-Quality’ Returns Is Ending

Private equity is entering a phase that’s exposing which firms “truly delivered” and which simply benefited from a long period of ultra-low interest rates, according to Apollo Global Management Inc.’s ...
The New York Times

We Asked Roblox’s C.E.O. About Child Safety. It Got Tense.

This week the company announced that it would require users to undergo an A.I.-powered age estimation process in order to chat with others on the platform. Will this change reassure parents? By Kevin ...
Yahoo

IShowSpeed Brings Iconic Face Meme to Roblox

IShowSpeed recently recreated the iconic meme face from his 2021 livestream. For those unfamiliar, he originally went viral after reacting to a kid’s comment: “My mom is kinda homeless.” The remark ...
Hindustan Times

YouTube will now automatically upscale low-quality videos, thanks to AI

YouTube says the goal is to support resolutions up to 4K, effectively bringing HD or even UHD quality to standard-definition videos. YouTube is set to use artificial intelligence to automatically ...
Outlookindia

5 Top Huge Meme Coins With Massive Early Gains - Low-Cap Gems Ready To Moon In 2025

Cryptocurrency enthusiasts are buzzing: which meme coins are poised for explosive growth in 2025? Meme coins like MoonBull ($MOBU), Pepe (PEPE), BullZilla ($BZIL), La ...
Android Authority

YouTube will try to make even low-quality videos look great on your 4K TV (Update: Not just TV!)

YouTube is rolling out several new features for the TV experience. One of the features will automatically upscale videos to higher resolutions, but creators will be able to opt out. Viewers will start ...
The New York Times

How Low-Cost Air Quality Sensors Are Making Air Pollution Data More Accessible

The growing availability of low-cost air quality sensors is helping people across the world track air pollution. Headway The growing availability of low-cost air ...
Nature

Low-quality papers are flooding the cancer literature — can this AI tool help to catch them?

An artificial intelligence (AI) tool that scans manuscript titles and abstracts has flagged more than 250,000 cancer studies that bear textual similarities to articles that are known to have been ...
Polygon

Roblox's brainrot game is caught in a legal snafu that's got fans freaking out

No, you're not having a stroke: Tung Tung Tung Sahur is a real thing on the internet that people are shedding tears over. As Steal a Brainrot breaks user records in Roblox and Fortnite, the ...
The Conversation

What is AI slop? A technologist explains this new and largely unwelcome form of online content

Adam Nemeroff does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...