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Mia Sato

Mia Sato

Features Writer, The Verge

Features Writer, The Verge

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    Instagram subscriptions are coming to more regions.

    Creators in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain and the UK will soon be able to make money through Instagram subscriptions.

    Other platforms like TikTok have also introduced ways for creators to charge fans for exclusive content as creator fund money dries up.

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    NPR tells staff not to enter any work into AI tools.

    Media companies have been trying — and often failing — to spin up ways to use generative AI for stories without making embarrassing errors.

    NPR is taking a more hardline approach. Among the things that are off-limits for staff: putting any editorial work, including drafts, into AI systems; downloading tools or opening accounts without internal vetting; and inputting any company information that’s not already public.

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