Donald Trump spent the past few weeks doubling down on foreign interventions. This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a ...

If you’ve ever opened YouTube and seen a talking AI SpongeBob, a looping slime video, or something that feels engineered to ...

The idea for your business’s next viral moment might be hiding in plain sight—or likely someone else’s trending Short. When ...

AI is taking over YouTube, with 21% of videos for new users being AI-generated and 33% being generic content, raking in an ...

AI-generated videos now make up as much as one-third of YouTube feeds, raising serious questions about authenticity.

A new dataset of 300K viral YouTube videos suggests that faces in thumbnails perform about the same as without them, with ...

Welcome to Rendering, a Deadline column reporting at the intersection of AI and showbiz. Rendering examines how artificial ...

In this video, I explain how computer scientists simulate evolution to train or evolve AI. Explore the fascinating intersection of natural evolution and artificial intelligence. Rob Reiner’s son Nick ...

In this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel turns the camera on himself to ask a simple question: Why are you seeing his face? Using YouTube’s takeover of podcasts as a starting point, he explores ...

If you’ve ever grabbed your phone “for just five minutes” and somehow found yourself still scrolling through TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts an hour later, you can relate. Many people assume ...

Instagram is introducing a new tool that lets you see and control your algorithm, starting with Reels, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tool, called “Your Algorithm,” lets you view the ...

Analysts working with top YouTube channels report Shorts older than 30 days receive fewer views. YouTube hasn't confirmed any algorithm change. Retention analysts say Shorts older than 28-30 days are ...