She’s kind of a big deal: one video of Ballerina Cappuccina has over 23 million views on TikTok. She’s inspiring everything from dance reels to makeup routines.

Italian Brainrot, a quirky AI trend, is captivating Gen Z globally with bizarre characters, sparking memes and cultural ...

While the name, Italian brain rot, might suggest some connection to Italy, child psychologist Riddhi Doshi is quick to clarify that it has nothing to do with Italian culture and everything to do with ...

A walking shark in oversized sneakers, an orange with muscular arms and a twirling "Ballerina Cappuccina" with a mug for a ...

These cartoonish, artificial intelligence-generated characters have quickly grown in popularity among Gen Alpha and young members of Gen Z.

Whoever—or whatever—Ballerina Cappuccina is, she’s an icon. So much so, in fact, that schoolchildren have started using her name as a form of flattery.

Another day, another weird phrase doing the rounds among Gen Alpha. We’ve already covered off Ballerina Cappuccina, what the sigma?!, as well as problematic terms and phrases used by teens like “bop” ...

Tokyo, Japan—In a Japanese shop selling pocket-money trinkets, there is a rack of toys, stickers and keyrings based on a global crew of AI-generated characters ...