Not every video turns out the way you expect. Phone footage can look soft, downloaded videos often suffer compression loss, screen recordings lose detail, and travel or old family clips may end up ...

Spend some time scrolling on social media these days and you are likely to notice more and more videos made with artificial intelligence. Many are funky or fantastical. Others are downright bizarre.

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...