generative ai

• Google, Idris Elba pledge $1 million to bring generative AI to African creators
• YouTube creator content now appears in 25% of AI chatbot responses

  Research from marketing firm Jellyfish shows that YouTube creator content now shows up in a quarter of AI chatbot responses.

  
• YouTube is making AI labels easier to read (and applying them automatically)

  YouTube is updating its AI labels so that they're more visible. It is also automatically tagging AI video its systems detect.

  
• At Cannes, ByteDance brings generative AI films into the market

  Short films and features generated by Bytedance's AI model Seedance are making an impression at the Cannes Film Festival.

  
• YouTube’s war on deepfakes goes global: Likeness detection is now open to all.
• YouTube is testing a tool that lets creators generate royalty-free music for their videos
• YouTube cozies up to Hollywood by sharing its deepfake detector with studios
• TikTok is turning ByteDance’s AI video generator into a brand’s best friend
• Meta, like TikTok, is putting advertisers in the middle of the cultural moments that consume your feed
• Does OpenAI’s Sora shutdown show us that the internet has had its fill of AI slop?
• Google backs Animaj to make high-quality animated content at record speed
• Can AI models be as entertaining as humans? These creators are playing Turing Games to find out.