AI projects are only as good as the data sources they can access, and as publishers become more aware of the opportunities that they have to license their work to specific AI providers, the race is heating up to secure access contracts, and ensure that your AI bot is more informed and accurate than the…
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Looking to ensure your promotions align with the most resonant and engaging trends of the moment, and stand out in-stream? This could help. Pinterest has shared its predictions on the colors that it thinks will dominate in…
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Amid ongoing discussions about the impacts of social media on young users, YouTube is rolling out some new updates to its parental controls, which will enable parents to manage their kids’ screen time, with specific elements for Shorts versus the regular YouTube feed. Because like TikTok and Reels, the never-ending Shorts feed of video clips…
YouTube has announced some new updates to its “Promote” in-stream boosting option, while it’s also trying out a new AI-powered image-to-video option, which could give you another way to create Shorts clips. First, on YouTube Promote. YouTube’s rolling out a new update for Promote, its boost option for YouTube clips, which will enable creators to…
Elon Musk’s X remains locked in an ideological battle over whether users should be able to create non-consensual nudes via its in-built Grok AI chatbot, with X users maintaining that they should be allowed to do whatever they like, and that X is only being targeted because it allows free speech. So, to be clear,…
Google has announced an update to Google Trends, its comparative search volume tool, which will now include AI suggestions to help contextualize searches, and give you more insight into relative Search interest and engagement. The big functional change is that Google’s added a suggested terms for comparison option in the right-hand side bar within Trends….
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Google has announced some new updates to its Veo AI video generation tool, with Veo now able to create videos based on reference images, generate vertical videos, and upscale clips to 1080p and 4k resolution. Veo 3.1…
YouTube has announced some updates to its Advertiser Friendly Content Guidelines in order to allow for broader monetization of dramatic content that explores self-harm, abortion and domestic abuse, as it continues to refine its monetization policies in alignment with the demands of creators, while also balancing ad partner demands. YouTube’s Advertiser Friendly Guidelines are the…
After first launching it in early testing with a limited number of users in October last year, Instagram has today announced that all English-speaking users globally will now be able to access its “Your Algorithm” manual control option, giving you another way to define your Reels experience. As you can see in this overview, you can…
