artificial intelligence

• “You have a community of creatives”: Twitch faces backlash over new AI-generated emote
• Chatbot company Character.AI faces lawsuit over 14-year-old’s death

  Character.AI was founded in 2021 by Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, who left Google after it reportedly quashed their attempts to push developing a chatbot. They went on to turn Character.AI into a unicorn, raising $150 million at a $1 billion valuation—and Google was apparently interested in that, because this past August, it hired Shazeer and De Freitas back, plus brought on other members of the Character.AI team, to work in its AI unit Deepmind.

  
• Creators’ content is being scraped for AI. AsqMe wants to put them back in control–and bump their audience engagement, too.

  
• 86% of creators believe AI has a positive effect on creativity. ChatGPT offered its own opinions.

  Artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT are gaining prominence. Here's how creators plan to use AI to help their careers.

  
• ChatGPT’s surge to 100 million users raises questions about the future of AI-authored content
• There’s an AI VTuber now and it has 70,000 followers on Twitch
• Instagram Will Make You Share Your Birthday — And Is Developing Tech To Ensure You’re Telling The Truth
• Instagram Launches AI Tool That Warns Users Before They Post Potentially Offensive Captions
• YouTube Says 70% Of All Watch Time Is Driven By Its Own Recommendations
• Google Is Honing AI That Can Recognize Human Actions Using YouTube Videos
• Google Has Built An AI That Can Visually Identify Search Terms Within Videos
• Researchers Use YouTube Videos To Teach Robots How To Cook