If you're curious about what the hottest young Web video producers are like, go to USATODAY, and meet Brooke Brodack, 20, of Woburn, Mass. (416,000+ YouTube views); Lital Mizel, 21, of Ramle, Israel (7.1 million+ views); and Justin Mazorlig, 20, of Alhambra, Calif. (2.8 million+ views). USATODAY writer Janet Kornblum briefly describes them and their work. As for the talent "pipeline" itself, … [Read more...] about Popular young YouTubers
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YouTube’s upgrade
Nearly every day a star is born on YouTube.com, Reuters reports. It's like an interactive, online "American Idol," with much less buildup and much lower production values. Examples of YouTube idols: "Anthony Padilla, aka "smosh," now semifamous online for lip synching the Pokemon theme song, and littleloca, who fans recently outed as an out-of-work actress, but who presents herself on YouTube as … [Read more...] about YouTube’s upgrade
YouTube: The next MySpace?
Not really. Facebook apparently wants to be the next MySpace, since it passed on a $750 million offer and is "reportedly on sale, with an asking price of $2 billion," Fortune reports. But YouTube.com is definitely a phenomenon, having seen "the number of viewings on the site shoot up from 3 million a day to 30 million since the Web site's December launch," CNET reports. The New York Times calls it … [Read more...] about YouTube: The next MySpace?
Generative AI: July 2023 freeze frame
It's feeling like I need a large language model brain to write about safety with large language models. [I certify that I only wish I had such a brain, and I am a human.] So let's freeze the film for a moment and see where we humans are with generative AI safety. First, so that we're all on the same page, a large language model is basically an algorithmic structure called a "neural … [Read more...] about Generative AI: July 2023 freeze frame
Threads: The new social media kid
"Picture Twitter but with a lot less Elon Musk" is how the Wall Street Journal is describing Threads, Meta's new app. That right there is good news, maybe unusual where tech is concerned. I'll give you a list of reasons in a moment, but first it's only fair to state (or rather link to) my bias, which is not only about how Twitter's Trust & Safety Council was treated after Musk took over but … [Read more...] about Threads: The new social media kid