Fast Company

ASMR, The Internet Subculture Of “Sounds That Feel Good,” Is Going Mainstream

On July 27, a 30-year-old Russian expat, known only to her followers as Maria, hit 1 million subscribers on her YouTube channel GentleWhispering–which features her doing just that. Maria is one of the ...
Fast Company

AI-generated ASMR is taking over the internet, and it’s getting really weird

ASMR is an acronym for autonomous sensory meridian response, which describes a physical tingling sensation triggered by certain sounds or visuals. Videos designed to elicit these responses have been ...
Newsweek

Woman Shows How She Relaxes After Work—Now Everybody Wants an ‘ASMR Friend’

We all have our favorite ways to wind down after a long day at work—taking a bath, for example, or escaping the day through a good book. One way to unwind that is becoming increasingly popular is ...
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I watched some of the viral ASMR videos made with AI and I feel more confused than soothed

Google’s Veo 3 Fast generates 720p AI videos twice as fast as standard Gemini Pro users can create three videos per day Flow Pro users pay just 20 credits per clip There's a strawberry made of glass ...