Manus, an AI company Meta acquired for $2 billion last year is running ads promising quick, easy money with AI: Find local businesses without websites or with bad websites, have AI build them one, then call them up and sell it to them.
As part of the campaign, Manus was paying content creators to build out Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok accounts that promote its AI product as an easy, lucrative gig. (The creators' TikTok accounts were taken down after The Verge inquired about them.) Some of these videos would also appear as official ads for Manus, but the posts on the paid creator accounts themselves often obscured their ties to the company …
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YouTube has introduced an AI-driven interactive search tool that delivers step-by-step results combining text, short clips, and longer videos in response to conversational queries. The feature, called Ask YouTube, is designed to serve users who turn to the platform for practical guidance on topics like recipes and travel planning. Users can pose detailed prompts — such as […]
Insider Brief Artificial intelligence now appears in product launches, earnings calls, regulatory filings, and everyday conversations about technology. The term is applied broadly, often to systems with little in common. That breadth is the source of most confusion about what AI actually is and how different types of systems behave. A 2025 YouTube controversy made […]
Google is trying out an AI Mode-like search experience for YouTube. The company is now testing "a new way to search on YouTube that feels more like a conversation," with results pulling in things like longform videos, YouTube Shorts, and text about what you're searching for. The "experiment" is now available if you're a YouTube Premium subscriber in the US who is 18 or older.
I turned it on for my account. Now, in the search bar, I see an "Ask YouTube" button, and clicking the search bar shows prompts to ask like "funny baby elephant playing clips," "summary of the rules of volleyball," and "short history of the Apollo 11 moon landing." If …
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YouTube has announced it is expanding its likeness detection technology — which identifies AI-generated simulations of real people’s faces — to talent agencies, management companies, and the celebrities they represent. Major agencies including CAA, UTA, and WME provided feedback on the tool. The system operates similarly to YouTube’s existing Content ID, scanning uploaded videos for visual matches against enrolled […]
YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake monitoring feature to Hollywood - meaning some celebrity AI videos could soon disappear.
The platform's likeness detection feature searches YouTube for AI deepfake content and flags it for public figures enrolled in the program. Public figures can use it to keep track of AI content on YouTube of themselves or request removal (takedowns are evaluated against YouTube's privacy policy, and not every request will be approved). YouTube began testing the feature with content creators last fall; in March, the company expanded the program to politicians and journalists. YouTube says the tool will cover celebriti …
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