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    How Creator Agencies Prepare for a ‘Deepfake Summer’

    Artificial intelligence influencers offer a cost-effective, continuous presence on social media, and save time for brands running user-generated content campaigns. However, the rise of synthetic influencers has sparked concern among human influencers, who fear that these digital competitors will erode their income from brands. The spotlight on deepfakes featuring real-life influencer Ariel Marie promoting GetDirty wipes on social media drew attention to the impact of synthetic content....

  • Protecting under-18s from harmful online content

    Marianna Spring on how the UK's media regulator wants to protect children from harmful content on social media.

  • Google Working On Surfacing More Content That Comes From The Heart

    Last week we reported how Danny Sullivan, Google's Search Liaison, said how they are looking for ways to better promote sites that were hit by that helpful content update in September. Now, over the weekend, John Mueller from Google added, "the team working on this is explictly evaluating how sites can / will improve in Search for the next update."John said this on X, making it clear that he "can't make any promises" but he wrote, "the team working on this is explictly evaluating how sites can /...

  • Digital Content Next divests TRUSTX to Symitri

    The new venture will emerge as a real-time data clean room called Symitri following a $5 million investment.

  • Organize Your Podcasts and Audio Content with This $40 Plan

    Player FM lets you organize and sync podcasts across different platforms in one place.

  • The creator of Monkey Island is working on a new game

    This is a new title from the master of the graphic adventure genre.

  • TikTok to Regulate Third Party AI Content

    TikTok has more than 1 billion monthly users. The post TikTok to Regulate Third Party AI Content first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.

  • TikTok To Automatically label AI-Generated Content

    TikTok To Automatically label AI-Generated Content Authored by Savannah Fortis via CoinTelegraph.com, TikTok, the popular social media platform for creating and sharing short-form videos, said it will now start automatically labeling artificial intelligence (AI)-generated content (AIGC) when it is uploaded to the platform. On May 9, the social media giant said it is partnering with the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) and will be the first media-sharing...

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    Is it possible to protect under-18s from harmful content online?

    Marianna Spring looks at how Ofcom wants to protect under-18 from harmful

  • Creators wielding AI reimagine creativity on a budget

    Anirudh Ravichander (34), an Indian music composer and playback singer started experimenting with artificial intelligence (AI) back in July 2023 to reimagine Bollywood songs through his YouTube channel AI Beats. Along with a combination of publicly available open-source tools and unique sound engineering skills of his team, he reproduced Arijit Singh's famous Tum hi ho song in Mohit Chauhan's voice. Until today, he has reimagined 263 Indian songs in the voices of famous singers including...

  • Precious Moments creator Sam Butcher passes away

    CARTHAGE, Mo. — Sad news out of Carthage as Precious Moments icon, Sam Butcher passes away, Monday morning. According to a release, he was surrounded by his loved ones. He created the Precious Moments characters in the 70's and, in 1989, brought the Precious Moments Chapel to life as a way to honor his faith. []

  • Disney Upfront 2024: a showcase of content and global reach

    The Walt Disney Company this month hosted its annual Upfront event in New York City. This event serves as a platform for Disney to present its upcoming programming slate and advertising opportunities to media buyers and advertisers.