Divine short-form video app launches as AI-free decentralized platform

5 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 1

The app went live on Thursday on the App Store and Google Play, and more than 500,000 former creators have reclaimed accounts, including Lele Pons, JimmyHere, MightyDuck, and Jack & Jack.
Run by original Twitter developer Evan Henshaw-Plath, Divine aims to revive Vine-style short videos while banning AI-generated content and promoting what he calls “joy scrolling” over “doom scrolling”.
The launch taps nostalgia for Vine, the six-second video platform popular in the early 2010s, as some younger users show renewed interest in simpler, older forms of technology and social media.

As TikTok's AI dominates, can a nostalgic six-second video app with a strict 'no AI' rule actually win over users?

Can a social media app funded by Jack Dorsey thrive by rejecting the ads and algorithms that define its rivals?