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• Vine is back–and it has a zero-tolerance policy for creators using AI
• Spotify has a new use for “verified” check marks: They can identify human creators

  Spotify is using Twitter-style check marks to identify creators and artists who are humans, not AI-generated characters.

  
• YouTube enters next phase of deepfake crackdown with likeness detection for celebs and journalists

  YouTube first launched its likeness detection tool for creators. Now celebrities and journalists are getting access to the deepfake buster.

  
• YouTube reveals its answer to the Spotify Daylist with AI-generated playlists for Premium users

  YouTube is authoring its take on Spotify's popular Daylists with AI-generated music playlists for Premium subscribers.

  
• After paying out $100,000 to creators in 2025, Fairground is ready to advance AI artistry in 2026
• What would happen if you could talk directly to the recommendation algorithm? X is about to find out
• AI is trained on YouTube videos. Now we can see which ones have been used.
• Substack survey shows deep creator divides on the subject of generative AI
• Hollywood studios were claiming AdSense revenue from YouTube’s deluge of AI slop. Now what?
• YouTube shuts down “true crime” channel that was all AI lies
• As Hollywood writers seek AI lawsuits, OpenAI asks “why can’t we be friends?”
• AI companies want digital content to train their models. RHEI’s new platform lets creators license it to them.