How do YouTube influencers neg their audiences into taking lifestyle advice?

Internet culture writer Steffi Cao joins Jamie to discuss how influencers undermine audiences with video titles that are not what they seem. The two discuss authenticity on social media platforms, why clickbait titles still reign supreme, and if there’s anything positive to come of this trend.

📖 Read YouTube Influencers want to neg you into taking lifestyle advice in Fast Company

About Steffi Cao

Steffi Cao is an internet culture writer, most recently reporting at BuzzFeed News and Forbes as its inaugural creator economy staff writer. Her work has appeared in Teen Vogue, The Washington Post, Bustle, and MTV News. Her work, including her eponymous newsletter, it’s steffi, was featured on NPR and The View this year. She resides in Brooklyn, and her favorite berry is the blueberry.

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What is the true potential of AI text-to-video generation?

Director of Curiouser Institute and award-winning AI games designer Reed Berkowitz discusses OpenAI's Sora, an AI text-to-image model that will soon be made available to the public. As Hollywood rolls back studio investments and executives project up to 90% loss in animation jobs, how can we separate hype from reality in the space? And what are the best ways to use AI text-to-video generation today?

Show notes:

OpenAI's Sora

Jeffrey Katzenberg claims 90% of artist animation jobs will be lost due to AI

Tyler Perry stops $800 million studio investment after OpenAI's Sora

Bill Peebles alien generation

Blaine Brown alien remix

AnimateDiff

About Reed Berkowitz:

Reed Berkowitz is the Director of Curiouser Institute, who has more than 25 years of experience designing, writing, and researching award-winning interactive experiences for companies including Universal Studios, Paramount, Cartoon Network, Peanuts, Sanrio, and many more. He formerly served as the Creative Director of New Games at Latitude, an AI-powered games company.

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How will creators and tech companies grapple with the decline of journalism?

On this week's episode, Jamie and Josh discuss the relationship between creators, platforms, and journalists, the ongoing shift from legacy news sources to platforms like TikTok and YouTube for news consumption, and how venture-backed outlets built on the promise of digital advertising contributed to journalism's current crisis. Additionally, they highlight what gives them hope about journalism's future – and how you can help contribute to it.

Show Notes

More than half of U.S. counties have no access or very limited access to local news - Northwestern

More Americans are getting news on TikTok, bucking the trend seen on most other social media sites - Pew Research Center

S&P 500 Closes at Record High as Wall Street Bulls Run Wild - Axios

In a Pennsylvania town, a Facebook group fills the local news void - Brandy Zadrozny

Carol's Journey - Brandy Zadrozny

404 Media

Defector

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Hosted by Dr. Jamie Cohen and Josh Chapdelaine

Digital Void Podcast is a production of Digital Void, LLC.

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