Plot twists ahead for AI video platforms

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Hello reader,

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2025 was slop, which goes to show how prevalent AI-generated content has become.

Personally, AI slop makes me think of AI-generated videos. Ever since Sora 2 and Veo 3 came out last year, my social media feeds have been flooded with AI-generated videos, and “slop” is a fitting word to capture the experience of watching such content.

It can be entertaining for sure, but then I catch a glaring error in the video, and the illusion is gone.

Our top story today looks at the future for AI-generated video firms and whether the good times for them can keep rolling.

As just one example, Dashverse, an India-based media platform specializing in producing AI-generated microdramas, drew 20 million app downloads since launching last year. All in all, AI text-to-video platforms have attracted US$3.2 billion worth of funding since 2020.

In my report, I seek to answer one question: With so many players rushing to use this technology, is there a bubble?

Academics are unconvinced that we’re there just yet, but economists, especially in the West, have said that AI as a whole may be teetering on that point. Still, experts say that even if that bubble bursts, the tech will be here to stay.

And so will the slop, of course.

Elyssa Lopez, journalist

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