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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

Anna Good

A large, grinning white woman in a pink T-shirt and red shorts is standing at the end of a glass bridge posing for the "camera." A still of her falling backwards. Text overlay reads, "American voters last year."

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Culture

How an AI slop video of a woman smashing a glass bridge turned into a massive meme

Jamie Jirak has been working as an entertainment journalist since 2017. In addition to The Daily Dot, you can find her latest work at SlashFilm and That Hashtag Show. Jamie resides in Los Angeles and co-hosts two podcasts, Phase Hero and Love in the Time of Hydra. She loves moderating panels and has done so for Marvel, Disney, Netflix, and more. Follow her on Letterboxd: @JamieJirak.

Jamie Jirak

will smith concert video featuring AI crowds

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“An abomination”: Will Smith shared a tour video thanking fans on YouTube, but the footage of the crowds looks AI-generated

john mayer talks about italian brainrot memes

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Memes

“Educate me”: John Mayer explaining Italian brainrot memes to Conan O’Brien is a lesson for the truly offline

omg did the white house really post this meme bangers

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Viral Politics

“Nowhere in the Constitution does it say”: The White House claims they have the right to post “banger memes,” the internet disagrees

Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

Lindsey Weedston

Right: Tweet reading ""I asked chatgpt" "I asked grok" bro I asked an ancient dragon who talks to me in riddles we're not the same" over an image of a dragon from Game of Thrones. Left: A tweet reading "'I asked chatgpt' 'I asked grok'. Ok. I intuited it from first principles. It was pretty obivous."

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“I asked ChatGPT” and “I asked Grok” memes say no thanks to AI, yes to your ex’s mom

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

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“Super al dente”: The Will Smith eating spaghetti meme gets a high-resolution  upgrade with Google’s Veo 3. But why is it crunchy?

Donald Trump answering reporter question with Lucille Bluthe from 'Arrested Development' overlay meme reading "I mean it's one doll Michael what could it cost? $1000?" trump dolls meme

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‘Donny Two Dolls’: Trump’s out-of-touch comment on the economy is getting meme’d—20 of the best

3 panels showing ai-generated images of an anthropomorphic shark character.

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Tralalero Tralala: This AI-generated shark in Nikes is the face of TikTok’s Italian brainrot obsession

Left: Meme of the Voros twins with the captions "WE USE AI. Actual Imagination"; Right: Meme of Sonic the Hedgehog with the caption "yeah, I use AI: Actual Imagination"

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The ‘Actual Imagination’ meme is artists’ clapback to AI-generated slop

Screenshot of the Tung Tung Sahur AI meme.

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What is the ‘Tung Tung Tung Sahur’ meme? The rise of Ramadan-core horror on TikTok

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

2 panel image of a penguin and Donald Trump.

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‘No one is safe’: Trump’s tariffs accidentally ensnare penguin colony

AI generated meme of Hilary Clinton in the Style of Studio Ghibli; AI generated meme of Disaster Girl in the style of Studio Ghibli

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21 famous memes reimagined as Studio Ghibli scenes using AI

Angela Andaloro proudly serves as a scribe, documenting all the shenanigans happening online. Her writing has been featured across Entertainment Weekly, PEOPLE, BuzzFeed, and more.

Angela Andaloro

Left: Screenshot from @dytzz88's Tiktok of an AI image of a skeleton with a Phone head holding a phone. Right: Screenshot from @frepyyyyy's Tiktok of an AI image of a crying burrito praying on a phone. Caption: Comment from @frepyyyyy "BROOOOOOOOOOOOO HOTSPOTTTTTTTTTT #fypage #hotspot #foryou #meme #funny".

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What is the Hotspot Bro meme? TikTok roasts the friend who always drains your Wi-Fi

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The ‘Hello I am A Wildlife Photographer and This Is A Picture I Captured Today❤️’ meme pokes fun at AI-generated slop

text "the extended cut of "nosferatu" is only 4 minutes longer. Read our review" and four screenshots from the movie

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Fans speculate what’s in 4-minute longer ‘Nosferatu’ extended cut—while the girlies thirst over life-size Count Orlok cutout

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