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Amy Sawyama

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78% of participants gave higher ratings to AI-generated poems than to those written by renowned poets

The fact that people prefer AI-generated poems says a lot abo...

No one benefits from you scrolling and feeling sad

Some people say muting stuff is “privileged” avoidance, but I...

Taylor Lorenz’s Plan to Dance on Legacy Media’s Grave

Honestly, I think it’s a smart move. Legacy media just hasn’t...

Google now highlights content creators as trusted sources in search results

Yea but the problem is that audience size does not equate to ...

The Collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age

Makes me think that the joy of creating is getting lost in th...

From baking to MrBeast: Meet the YouTuber taking on the platform’s biggest creator

The fact that Rosanna is risking her reputation to bring this...

Hollywood’s Next Marvel Moment Is Romantasy

I think its more than just a lack of understanding or risk av...

Chappell Roan Confronts The Sickness Of Modern Fandom

I can’t believe some fans are actually mad at Roan for asking...

SAG-AFTRA signs off on AI voice deal

That's pretty cool, I hope that works out of them. This is a ...

AI is complicating plagiarism

Honestly, it's kind of poetic justice that scientists are now...

How to use TikTok Stories

I think the main reason to use it, sadly, is to get favorable...

Pay disparity for creators of color based on factors like skin tone and hair texture

Sadly, the creator economy is not immune to systemic racism a...

Influencers Against Influencers

I get where you are coming from, but I think it's underestima...

Apple says, 'We're sorry' for 'Crush' iPad Pro ad that seems to demolish creativity

I think I understand what they were trying to go for - that o...

X tv

Musk promises many things, but many times those things come o...

Meta Looks To Help Instagram Influencers Create AI Bot Versions of Themselves

Yes yes, help me create an AI bot that replaces me, that's ex...

Why are we still afraid of digital fashion?

I’m trying to understand why there would be such a desire to ...

How to Boost Your Average View Duration

I’ve noticed most small time YouTubers go wayyyyy too slow in...

Spotify launches personalized AI playlists that you can build using prompts

I actually like this a lot. I think it can be a great path to...

State of Video: Insights from over 90 million videos in one report.

educational or instructional videos accounted for 47% of the...

Large Creator Ana Wolfermann Quits Influencing For 9-To-5 Job At 23

Totally wish the best for her. But one thing bothers me about...

House passes a bill that could lead to a TikTok ban if Chinese owner refuses to sell

Opinions aside about the anti-Chinese rhetoric and the proble...

Midjourney releases character consistency

This was the use case that many models were hoping would neve...

TikTok now enables all creators to offer subscription packages to their followers

This is pretty handy considering that it's really hard to get...

Where Will Virtual Reality Take Us?

I actually quite like how Tim Cook thinks about VR vs AR: T...

Audience building: how long can you keep up the charade?

I think of content much like this Optimizing for Audience, ...

Big-Name YouTubers And Twitch Streamers Aren’t Actually Retiring

Creators are facing burnout due to the demanding nature of c...

TikTok Tests Feature That Could Make All Videos Shoppable

The big question becomes how much of a cut will tiktok take, ...

Trolls have flooded X with graphic Taylor Swift AI fakes

There are starting to be a lot of these stories popping up, j...

Evan Spiegel Proclaims 'Social Media Is Dead,' and Predicts Snap Is About to 'Transcend' the Smartphone

It's interesting to see Snaps CEO perspective on the current ...

Huge amount of layoffs in media and tech (company list in thread)

Cloudflare also had layoffs, and this video twitter.com/WhatL...

It’s Been A Huge Week For Dipsh*t Companies That Either Hate Artists Or Are Just Incredibly Stupid

These companies have access to such great talent in-house alr...

Japan Goes All In: Copyright Doesn’t Apply To AI Training

The policy allows AI to use any data “regardless of whether ...

Happy New Year CBX!

Indeed one of the best corners on the web to keep me updated ...

What I wish someone had told me

Spend more time recruiting. Take risks on high-potential peo...

They Want You To Forget What A Film Looks Like

Why not preserve the original beauty of these films instead o...

What Do AI Companies Want With the Media?

The problem with media as we know it: we will get flooded wit...

Introducing ViewStats: A data platform for YouTube creators cofounded by MrBeast

While I appreciate the insights ViewStats offers, I’m a littl...

Women Creatives Thought Hollywood Could Change. Were They Wrong?

Despite the setbacks, the determination of women in Hollywood...

Pilot who crashed plane for YouTube clicks is headed to federal prison

The platforms have to have a zero tolerance for it, otherwise...

Peter Yangs Favorite AI Tools to Create Images, Songs, and Videos

I just came a Chinese video using HeyGen, and it was just pla...

How to build an audience (and why)

It’s definitely a lot easier to document than to create somet...

Steals content and Tiktok still pays him for it

Heck, even with permission this just inserts more trash on th...

Trends don’t happen like they used to

There’ll be a first wave of the trend, but then it’ll hit an...

AI-powered Summaries for Podcasts and Youtube

As someone who’s more of a reader than an auditory listener, ...

The video essay boom

I absolutely love how video essays are thriving! It's refresh...

Why We Often Sabotage Ourselves

But the ego adjustment had to happen before it was effective...

Creators have mixed feelings about TikTok’s new monetization program

So you basically have to have a large audience already and yo...

Goodbye Spotify

Spotify (unfortunately) made it so that other music platforms...

How Chinese influencers use AI digital clones of themselves to pump out content

There is nothing really creative about this. This is basicall...

Adapting Your Strategy After Failure

That’s an extremely good point. 👏

Adapting Your Strategy After Failure

Persistence, in my experience has been a game changer.There h...

How long until Hollywood is run by YouTubers?

I think the lines between creator and traditional Hollywood w...

Creative burnout

Every person is indeed different. It makes me thing that crea...

Apple’s keynote event shot on iPhone and edited on Mac

It's awesome to see how this device can match up with pro vid...

YouTube has AI creator tools, but creators are too busy battling AI to care

Most creators are feeling anxiety about AI rather than feelin...

Landing a spot on the New York Times best sellers list

NYT is totally pay to win. If you have a budget of around 50 ...

LAPD YouTube channel suspended for posting violent content

Things get interesting when a private company has the power t...

Millions work as content creators. In official records, they barely exist.

The creator economy is so large and diverse it’s hard to even...

YouTube intensifies fight against ad blockers showing pop-ups, and users are frustrated

Wow had no idea they operate at a loss. That’s actually mind ...

Instagram features that US says ruin teens’ Mental Health

Cambridge Analytica has entered the chat But seriously, It'...

Ask CBX: What got you into content creation in the first place?

I was inspired at a young age by people like Jenna Marbels (w...

YouTube Music now lets you generate your own AI playlist art

A pretty decent example of what AI can do to at least somewha...

How Does a Post-Modern World Affect Creativity?

I see pretty much modern day "peacocking" on social media. Es...

YouTube intensifies fight against ad blockers showing pop-ups, and users are frustrated

A bit torn on this one. Understandably YouTube can only run s...

Virtual Influencer trends

Yea I get that, but something feels off about it. Perhaps it’...

Meta Proposes $14 per Month Charge for Ad-Free Facebook

It would be interesting to know how many people would actuall...

Teens love LinkedIn

It's amazing that teens take such an aversion to mainstream s...

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