generative ai

• 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?

  Two years after it was first revealed, Sora is being shuttered. What does OpenAI's move tell us about the generative AI landscape?

  
• Google backs Animaj to make high-quality animated content at record speed

  By backing French studio Animaj, Google's AI Futures Fund is investing in animated content that doesn't take so long to produce.

  
• Can AI models be as entertaining as humans? These creators are playing Turing Games to find out.

  Turing Games is bringing out the human side of generative AI LLMs by having them play social deduction games like mafia and Among Us.

  
• AI isn’t just changing where we search. It’s changing how we search.
• AI is now citing YouTube more often than Reddit. Is it time to pivot to video (again)?
• An AI “perception gap” is separating consumers from brands. Can a bridge be built?
• Adam Mosseri is warning Instagram users about AI. Will he help us tell real from fake?
• YouTube expands AI Portraits to turn creators into chatbots
• After paying out $100,000 to creators in 2025, Fairground is ready to advance AI artistry in 2026
• TikTok knows some users are fed up with AI content, so it’s letting them choose how much of it they see
• AI performers are making it onto the Billboard charts