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Mia Sato

Mia Sato

Features Writer, The Verge

Features Writer, The Verge

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    If you are Mark Zuckerberg’s stylist please contact me immediately.

    I’m at [email protected]. Thanks!

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    Another Spotify podcast exec is leaving.

    Julie McNamara, head of podcast studios, announced her departure on Thursday, according to Bloomberg. The company has seen a steady stream of exits as it pulls back on its podcast business.

    McNamara’s departure follows deep layoffs at Spotify as well as cuts to its programming as it tries to make the podcasting department profitable.

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    Adult content creators are outsourcing some work to AI.

    Managing an OnlyFans page is a lot of work: you have to make and share content, promote your page, and maintain relationships with subscribers. Business Insider spoke with OnlyFans creators who are using AI tools to do some of that work for them.

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    A deep dive into an AI content farm.

    Product reviews attributed to AI-generated authors have appeared on sites for the The Los Angeles Times, Us Weekly, and many other outlets, according to a new report by Futurism.

    The content was produced by AdVon Commerce, a digital marketing firm that was behind the Sports Illustrated and Gannett and USA Today AI debacles, as I reported previously.

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    AI Met Gala pictures apparently fooled Katy Perry’s mom.

    The singer reshared fake AI images of herself at the Met Gala — an event she didn’t attend — along with a text showing her own mom fell for the synthetic image that was circulating. The official Instagram account commented, “a TRUE goddess.” Unclear if the person running it realized it was AI.

    Watch out for the AI Met Gala disinformation!