YouTube says bye to AI-generated content 👋

There are some days (most) that I wake up and wish that I could go back to bed and start the day over after seeing a social media post—and that post last week? This one of Mark Zuckerberg. 

His PR team is really PR-ing ... and I'm not sure it's really working, especially if you read the comments. 

But I digress, while Mark is off surfing with beer in hand in a tux, all the social media platforms decided to release new features, mess up some old ones, and generally do what they do best—everything and nothing at once. 

Let's dive in!

And honestly? Trying to see whatever sticks. And it really doesn’t seem like much is sticking at all.

Eeeek.

X is planning on redesigning the feed, and if you have the app, you’ve already noticed some major changes with the layout. New tabs “Communities” and “Grok AI” have been added to the bottom of the app. And it seems like next up is removing interaction and engagement buttons from posts.

Yup. You’ll no longer see repost, like, or reply buttons on posts in your timeline.

“But Mackenzie, how will we engage?!”

You will now have to swipe left and right to engage or interact. Yes, just like you’re on a dating app.

Seems like something absolutely no one wants, but X is moving full steam ahead.

• Woah, never saw this coming! Instagram Reels will soon outperform TikTok globally.
  
  

• Meta has done an Uno Reverse on its AI labeling and now labels any edited image with “AI Info.”
  
  

• TikTok is working hard on competing with Google by testing a “People also searched for” option.
  
  

• Is this something anyone wants? Instagram now lets you add images on top of images in a new carousel feature.
  
  

• Sharing has become the #1 priority on Instagram—and this new feature makes sure we all are aware.
  
  

• Finally! TikTok now lets you download videos without a watermark!
  
  

• Zuck’s PR team is really trying to make him cool.
  
  

• If you read anything today, this interview with the Head of Instagram should be it. He swears they do really care about your reach. Really really.
  
  

• Parents will soon have to pay their kids for sharing their lives online.
  
  

• Looky looky here: TikTok now lets you add your own custom thumbnail straight in the app.
  
  

• Uh, oh. The EU has said that Meta’s “pay or consent” doesn’t comply with their rules.

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A whole year of Threads and 175 million monthly active users later, I’m still not using Threads all that much.

Whoops.

However, it does seem I’m in the minority as Meta has released data about how people are using the app over the past year and here are some of the more interesting insights:

• 63% of Threads are text-only. Yes, no images, no GIFs, straight text. It seems like people really did want a text-only app.
• 50 million Topic Tags have been created with “BookThreads” and “PhotographyThreads” being the most popular.
• Over 60% of Gen Z and Millennial users love the voice notes option—interesting!

While it still has a looooot of catching up to do to get X’s level of active users (a cool 250 million daily), if Threads can stay on this course, it could soon give X a run for its money.

AI-generated content is here, there, and everywhere all at once, and social media platforms are scrambling to figure out what the heck to do about it!

Last month, YouTube quietly rolled out a new policy where people can request YouTube to remove AI-generated content that stimulates their face or voice.

HUGE.

As part of its responsible AI agenda, people can request to have the AI content removed stating it’s a privacy violation.

While it doesn’t mean that the content will automatically be removed, YouTube said it will decide if something should be taken down or not, while also giving the original content uploader 48 hours to act on the complaint.

Will this new policy mean all complaints will be taken seriously? No, but it does seem like a small step in the right direction.

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