Adobe made a mobile app for its Firefly generative AI tools
Adobe made a mobile app for its Firefly generative AI tools Adobe’s Firefly apps, now available on iPhone and Android. The all-in-one platform for Adobe’s Firefly-branded generative AI models is now available on iPhone and Android devices. The new Firefly mobile app allows users to generate images and videos using text descriptions and experiment with […]
Patreon is raising its fees for new creators soon
Patreon is raising its fees for new creators soon Patreon has announced an update to its pricing, consolidating its Pro and Premium plans into a single offering starting August 5th. The new plan will take 10 percent of creators’ earnings, rather than the current eight percent for Pro and 12 percent for Premium users. That […]
Here comes the AI sponcon
Here comes the AI sponcon Social media is filled with an endless supply of people selling things, from Shein try-on hauls to health supplement and gadget product placements. Influencer marketing disrupted traditional advertising, creating an army of living room salespeople pumping out content meant to entice strangers at scale — and tech companies’ vision for […]
Pinterest is adding third-party influencer content to its feeds
Pinterest is adding third-party influencer content to its feeds Influencers on affiliate shopping platform LTK may soon get access to a huge new audience: Pinterest users. Under a new partnership announced today, high-performing image posts on LTK will automatically be cross-posted to Pinterest; the pilot program is expected to expand in the coming months to […]
YouTube has loosened its content moderation policies
YouTube has loosened its content moderation policies YouTube has relaxed its moderation policies and is now instructing reviewers not to remove content that might violate its rules if they’re in the “public interest,” according to a report from The New York Times. The platform reportedly adjusted its policies internally in December, offering examples that included […]
Runway CEO Cris Valenzuela wants Hollywood to embrace AI video
Runway CEO Cris Valenzuela wants Hollywood to embrace AI video Today, I’m talking with Runway CEO and cofounder Cris Valenzuela. This one’s special: Cris and I were live at an event in New York City last month hosted by Alix Partners, so you’ll hear the audience in the background from time to time. Runway is […]
TikTok gives everyone more control over what’s on their For You page
TikTok gives everyone more control over what's on their For You page TikTok gives everyone more control over what’s on their For You page TikTok is expanding Manage Topics, a feature that lets you customize how often content in the platform’s top 10 categories surfaces in your feed, like sports, travel, humor, creative arts, and […]
TikTok will give advertisers even more data on trends and users
TikTok will give advertisers even more data on trends and users TikTok introduced a slew of new advertiser tools at the company’s annual advertiser summit on June 3rd. The new products range from AI-powered ad tools to new features connecting creators and brands, but the overall picture is clear: advertiser content on TikTok is about […]
TikTok isn’t really working right now
TikTok isn't really working right now TikTok isn’t really working right now Just after 11PM ET, many people started reporting problems with TikTok, which isn’t completely offline, but definitely has been dealing with some kind of outage. Downdetector listed 44,000 reports at our last check, and the issue isn’t fixed yet. Based on reports from […]
Twitch is getting vertical livestreams
Twitch is getting vertical livestreams Twitch is announcing a bunch of updates at TwitchCon Europe, including the ability to host a vertical livestream and an open beta test that lets creators stream at a higher quality. The rollout of vertical streams should make livestreams easier to watch in portrait mode on your phone. Down the […]