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• YouTube Shorts averages 200 billion daily views. Can Google’s Veo 3 AI add to that number?
• Google’s Veo 3 AI model is scary good at generating videos. Creators and viewers should be prepared.

  As videos generated by Google's Veo 3 AI model captivate the internet, creators and viewers should prepare to double down on deepfake hunts.

  
• Artistic AI startup Promise goes full speed ahead, lands Google investment and partnership

  Promise, a generative AI startup led by Dave Clark, George Strompolos, and Jamie Byrne, has landed an investment from Google and others.

  
• YouTube wants “No Fakes,” so it’s endorsing a Congressional bill that addresses AI concerns

  YouTube is one of the media companies endorsing the No Fakes Act, and it is onboarding more creators for its anti-deepfake tool.

  
• Anthropic is training its AI by having it play Pokemon on Twitch
• As Hollywood writers seek AI lawsuits, OpenAI asks “why can’t we be friends?”
• Promise announces development deals for “groundbreaking” AI artists
• The rise of AI bot DeepSeek reminds the U.S. government that it can’t contain Chinese tech forever
• Former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear has a new AI startup. Here’s what we know.
• YouTube will let creators consent to AI training (and opt them out by default)
• AI avatars that resemble creators are arriving on the Chinese version of TikTok. Will they come to America?
• Hollywood is cautious about AI-generated media. Two notable YouTube vets are going full speed ahead.