If your social feeds and "for you page" have started to feel like a very strange pet shelter, you’re not imagining it. AI-generated cat videos — featuring felines working fast-food counters, moonlighting as waiters and causing cinematic mayhem at 3 a.m. — are quietly becoming the internet's most shareable new format. These clips are spreading rapidly across Instagram Reels, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts, racking up millions of views with little explanation attached.
Some look almost indistinguishable from real footage. Others lean into full-blown absurdism. All of them are weirdly hard to stop watching. So, what’s actually happening behind the screen?
