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Jack Dorsey backs Divine, a human-made video app fighting AI slop

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A new version of the popular short-form video app Vine, named Divine, has been relaunched with backing from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey. The platform aims to combat the proliferation of AI-generated content online by requiring all new videos to be human-made. Divine will host original Vine content and new submissions, enforcing a six-second time limit and using verification tools to ensure authenticity. This initiative seeks to restore a sense of human creativity and control to social media. AI

IMPACT Offers a niche platform for human-created content, potentially appealing to users fatigued by AI-generated media.

RANK_REASON Product relaunch with a specific feature (human-only content) addressing a current trend (AI slop).

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Jack Dorsey backs Divine, a human-made video app fighting AI slop

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Vine video-sharing app is back – and battling AI slop | Vine | The Guardian < https://www. theguardian.com/technology/202 6/may/04/vine-video-sharing-back-battl

    Vine video-sharing app is back – and battling AI slop | Vine | The Guardian < https://www. theguardian.com/technology/202 6/may/04/vine-video-sharing-back-battling-ai-slop-divine > ― Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is backing new version of app called Divine, where content must be…

    LINKS theguardian.com/…/vine-video-sharing-back…
  2. The Guardian — AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Michael Savage Media editor ·

    Vine video-sharing app is back – and battling AI slop

    <p>Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is backing new version of app called Divine, where content must be made by a human</p><p>As a pioneer of the short-form video format, Vine has been credited as <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/23/our-generations-inside-jok…

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