‘PDF to Brainrot’ study tools are a strange iteration on a TikTok trend

Update: 2024-11-22

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Several AI-based study tools are capitalizing on a “PDF to Brainrot” trend, which will read the text of a document you upload over “oddly satisfying” videos, like ASMR clips of mixing paint and cutting soap, or gameplay footage from Minecraft and Subway Surfers.

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