Vine video-sharing app is back – and battling AI slop
The Vine video-sharing app has been relaunched as Divine, a platform emphasizing human-created content in response to the rise of AI-generated material online. Backed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and led by former Twitter employee Evan Henshaw-Plath, the app enforces a six-second video limit and requires content to be made by humans. Divine aims to restore creative control to users and counter the growing prevalence of low-quality 'AI slop' on social media.
- ▪Divine is a relaunch of the original Vine app, now requiring all content to be human-made to combat AI-generated videos.
- ▪The platform hosts 500,000 archived Vine videos and allows new six-second videos recorded directly in the app or verified as human-made.
- ▪Jack Dorsey funded the project through his non-profit fund and Other Stuff, with a focus on giving creators control over their content and revenue.
- ▪Divine was initially launched to testers in November 2025 and is now publicly available in app stores.
- ▪Research indicates over 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are AI-generated, a trend Divine aims to counter.
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‘The app launch is less about nostalgia, and more an antidote to what social media has become,’ says Evan Henshaw-Plath, who is spearheading Divine. Photograph: Yui Mok/PAView image in fullscreen‘The app launch is less about nostalgia, and more an antidote to what social media has become,’ says Evan Henshaw-Plath, who is spearheading Divine. Photograph: Yui Mok/PATechnologyVine video-sharing app is back – and battling AI slop Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey backs launch of Vine reboot, Divine, where content must be made by a humanMichael Savage Media editorMon 4 May 2026 09.47 EDTLast modified on Mon 4 May 2026 09.50 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleAs a pioneer of the short-form video format, Vine has been credited as one of the most influential – if short-lived – social media…
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