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An AI wrote a workplace sitcom. A critic watched it so you don't have to.
No Big Deal premiered on YouTube to a tiny audience and at least one very unhappy reviewer. It raises a genuine question: can AI-generated comedy actually be funny?

John Lewis Is Building a YouTube Chat Show to Get Its Products Into AI Search Results
The British department store is betting that video content will help chatbots recommend its products. Here is what that strategy looks like, and why more retailers will follow.

MrBeast Signs Multi-Year Google Deal to Feature Gemini and Fitbit in His Videos
The world's most-subscribed YouTuber will use Google's AI assistant to survive extreme climates on screen, kicking off a partnership that spans several upcoming videos and a wider ad campaign.

Hank Green apologises for using ChatGPT to help write his YouTube scripts
The popular science communicator says he got caught up in the dopamine hit of doing more with AI, and admits he lost track of how much the technology shaped his own words.

Snapchat stops rewarding fully AI-generated videos on Spotlight
The platform will no longer surface purely AI-made videos in its Spotlight recommendations, though creators can still use AI tools to edit their own footage.

Google Made $119.8 Billion Last Quarter and Still Ran Out of Cash
Massive AI infrastructure spending pushed Google into negative cash flow for the first time ever, even as its cloud and search businesses hit record highs.

How AI is turning your music app into your everything app
Spotify, Netflix, YouTube and TikTok each started by owning one format. AI is now pushing all of them toward owning your entire evening.

YouTube will stop paying creators for AI slop, fake personas, and distressing videos
Three new content categories now block creators from earning ad money on YouTube. Here's what changed, and what it means for anyone who watches or makes videos.

TikTok Is Testing a Tool That Hunts for Fake AI Versions of You
A new opt-in feature lets creators scan TikTok for deepfakes using their face or voice without permission, starting with a small group in the United States.

YouTube Sent 1.8 Million People to 'Nudify' Sites in Four Months
A new report finds mainstream platforms, not obscure corners of the internet, are the main highways driving traffic to tools that strip people's clothes off without their consent.