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 ...

Wit the very non-digital backdrop of the San Jose federal courthouse, one of the most oddly convoluted and potentially ...

A legal battle over what looks like a cartoon stick could help set the rules over whether creators can claim ownership of ...

If you’re the parent of a t(w)een, the memes that fill your social media feeds are probably a whole lot different than your teenager’s. You might be used to seeing a distracted boyfriend, a dog ...

Brainrot memes refer to the belief that exposing yourself to stupid ideas and language, particularly on the internet, will turn your brain into rotten sludge. It is more specifically used to describe ...

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when AI-generated “slop,” as it’s being called, began infiltrating your Instagram feed. All I know is that one day, cartoonish videos of cats as barbers and the Sex and ...

Social media has given rise to brainrot, a term coined by Generation Z and Generation Alpha to describe content that captivates but is mindlessly entertaining. Brainrot is also the Oxford English ...

Italian Brainrot: The AI Memes Only Kids Know By Katie Forster, with Dessy Sagita and Marchio Gorbiano in Jakarta Aug 09, 2025, 11:50 pm EDT Share ...