We get fresh AI slop from Meta's new 'Vibes' feed. Thanks, Zuck! (www.businessinsider.com)

Meta rolled out "Vibes," a new feed in its standalone Meta AI app (also available at meta.ai) that streams short, random AI-generated video clips — replacing the previous Discover feed that leaked public chatbot conversations. The clips are largely unpersonalized for now and often Meta-seeded (look for accounts with an "AI" tag), with examples ranging from surreal (an elephant driving a convertible to Dr. Dre) to mundane stock-like scenes. Early reaction has been largely negative: critics call it low-effort “AI slop” and question the product value despite Meta’s massive investment in talent, compute and infrastructure. Behind the scenes, Vibes also exposes a free AI video tool, suggesting the feed functions as a showcase rather than a finished consumer experience. For the AI/ML community, Vibes is significant as a demonstration of where generative video tech sits commercially and product-wise: the models can produce entertaining snippets but still struggle with coherence, purpose and curation at scale. Important technical and product implications include the need for better personalization, controllability and quality metrics for generated video, clearer provenance/labeling (Meta-seeded vs. user-created), and stronger moderation pipelines. Practically, Vibes highlights a common path for big labs — deploy flashy demos to normalize tooling and collect signals — but also underscores gaps researchers must solve to move from novelty clips to meaningful, controllable multimodal experiences.