A new Syracuse study finds social media beats TV for political news and most Americans trust news creators like journalists, weeks before the midterms.
Creators
What's Trending and media cartographer Evan Shapiro return with an expanded look at the creators, platforms, AI tools, studios and companies shaping media, and why audience affinity is becoming a new measure
AI filmmaker Dorothy Pang made a stop-motion short in a day in CapCut by briefing her AI assistant like a new hire and iterating at low resolution.
Filmmaker Chris Capel used AI to revive a comedy sketch shelved for 20 years, partly because renting a sea lion would have cost $10,000.
pocket.watch, Fairground and David Bianchi on why YouTube proves demand, how streamers want hundreds of hours of AI content, and why taste still wins.
Curious Refuge's Caleb Ward says using LLMs as chatbots is outdated, and shows the agent workflow that saves his team 10 to 12 hours a week.
Matriarch CEO Verena Puhm uses AI to explore characters before writing the script, and tests a new set of tools for every project.
Native Foreign's Nik Kleverov says AI has no magic button, homogenized output makes creatives matter more, and artists should document their process.
FoxNXT head Jon Flynn says AI savings should fund more episodes and bigger set pieces, and studios owe their people training on the new tools.
UTA Creators co-head Oren Rosenbaum says studios now want creators' existing shows, and some clients turn down tens of millions to avoid AI deals.
First-wave YouTubers Bernie Su and DeStorm Power say AI backlash mirrors early YouTube, and show AI series built solo and steered live by fans.
Stability AI CEO Prem Akkaraju says creators should be paid for AI training input and output, and that time and money are content's only two evils.
Artlist greenlit three AI series in 48 hours. The team behind 'The Arc' explains how parallel workflows let them ship five episodes on a tight deadline.
IAB, Adobe and 11:11 Media on AI disclosure, Content Credentials, copyright history and the fight to hold deepfake abusers accountable.
The Jed Foundation and Creators 4 Mental Health are launching The Check-In, a monthly virtual space where creators can step out of "creator mode" and talk openly with peers.
Nearly 400 creators, AI experts and brands gathered at UCLA for the first AI Creator Day from What's Trending and TheWrap. Here are the biggest takeaways.
Kai Cenat, Druski and Kevin Hart surprise-released the horror-comedy "Livestream From Hell" on Prime Video. Get the plot, the cameos and how the collab started.
Former Weta Digital CEO Prem Akkaraju opens AI Creator Day Sept. 29 in LA alongside Jesse Wellens, Bernie Su, MavGPT and AI filmmakers already doing the work.
"Atypical" actor Jack Haven posted a video saying they need $4,000 in SAG work by month's end to qualify for union health insurance in January.
