YouTube CEO Neal Mohan says creators will be able to generate Shorts using their AI likenesses later in 2026, and touts AI tools for making games and music
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Discussion
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@parzlive
@parzlive
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Ah yes masterful gambit, let's bury all of your actual creators under a mountain of fucking slop. Do better ffs, gen ai has no place anywhere NEAR content creation. shorts is already bad enough for it, streamlining the slop production factory is just stupid
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@jacksepticeye
@jacksepticeye
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I'm tired boss...