Why are kids crying to AI-generated cat videos?

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Thousands of content creators have begun posting AI generated cat stories to social media. The phenomenon marks one of the first breakout online content formats in the AI era, reshaping the creator economy and raising concerns about inappropriate content. I wrote about the phenomenon for The Washington Post.

Buoyed by the growth of short form video, AI …