Another AI ASMR TikToker, @impossibleais, began posting just 10 days ago on June 10, and has already racked up millions of views and nearly 200,000 followers.

The White House has shared an “ASMR” video of an illegal alien deportation flight. The video was first shared earlier Tuesday by the Seattle office of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

While ASMR videos can prompt that nice prickly feeling, they have the broader aim of soothing viewers, many of whom often watch them as a stress-management tool or sleep aid.

I’m not the biggest proponent of ASMR videos and their gentle whisperers, rhythmic tapping, and other soporific audio, but I understood the appeal. I'm not so sure the AI version is just as good.

If you've ever fallen into a rabbit hole of ASMR videos, you might wonder how the peculiar sensation comes about. Here's what we know. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

But first, where did this idea come from? There are references to sensations similar to ASMR in classic literature dating back to the early 1900s. For example, in a passage in Virginia Woolf’s ...