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• Instagram is testing a program that turns creators into AI chatbots
• Substack wants users to put more videos in Notes and share them “across the web”

  Substack celebrated the first birthday of its Notes format by adding more embedded content and more videos to it.

  
• T-Series calls for subscribers as MrBeast closes in on YouTube subscriber mark

  Indian record label T-Series has asked its fans to subscribe so that it can stop MrBeast from becoming YouTube's most subscribed channel.

  
• 17 creators sign open letter asking President Biden to reconsider the TikTok ban

  TikTokers are writing letters to President Biden urging him not to ban TikTok, but a recent report underscores the app's ties to China.

  
• Top 5 Branded Videos of the Week: Incoming FaceTime from FaZe Rug
• Millionaires: Yes, OuttPig will wear wigs
• YouTube lets creators group together their favorite items with shoppable Collections
• Uber Eats is the latest app to build its own For You Page
• BeReal heads to Coachella with a plan to depict “RealEvents”
• Taylor Swift’s music returns to TikTok amid Universal Music Group feud
• Creators on the Rise: Bri Macdonald goes with her gut
• YouTube’s new parental controls will let kids read comments that were previously turned off