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Short-form video makes it hard to remember what you're doing and worse at doing it

Whatever you intended to do when you opened a new tab, nothing stops you in your tracks quite like short-form video. The ...
NBC New York

Is brain rot real? Researchers warn of emerging risks tied to short-form video

With short-form video now dominant on social media, researchers are racing to understand how the highly engaging, algorithm-driven format may be reshaping the brain. From TikTok to Instagram Reels and ...
Ars Technica

New “Stable Video Diffusion” AI model can animate any still image

On Tuesday, Stability AI released Stable Video Diffusion, a new free AI research tool that can turn any still image into a short video—with mixed results. It’s an open-weights preview of two AI models ...
Search Engine Land

A guide to creating short-form videos

Video content is everywhere, but SEO-savvy short-form videos are rare. Thanks to platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts, these bite-sized videos, typically 15 seconds to two minutes ...