Google introduces AI-generated avatars to YouTube Shorts

A new feature that lets you create an AI avatar with your likeness is now live on YouTube. First announced in a blog post earlier this year, avatars are designed to be used in Shorts (provided you still allow them to show up), allowing you to insert yourself into video content in a way that YouTube deems to be safe and secure.YouTube’s approach to combatting the AI sloppification of the internet and the proliferation of deepfakes appears to be adding more and more AI features to its platform, framing this latest addition as a tool that gives creators more control of their digital identities…

A jury is about to decide the fate of Ticketmaster

Consumer complaints about Ticketmaster are so voluminous at state attorneys general offices that Pennsylvania’s comes with an explicit plea for residents lodging a grievance about the company to be patient for a response. That kind of pressure has driven more than 30 states to push forward with claims that Live Nation-Ticketmaster illegally monopolized parts of the concert industry, even when the federal government settled its claims. Soon it will be up to a jury to decide if the ways Live Nation-Ticketmaster conducts its business is not just frustrating, but also illegal. An antitrust trial…

Kenny Smith Didn’t Like NC Poaching Outside for Coach Until He Learned This About Michael Malone

Once more the Tar Heels have overturned every expectation. But this one with the Athletic Department’s hiring decision. As the NCAA Tournament wrapped, the UNC men’s basketball team named its new coach; Michael Malone. He of course comes with NBA championship legacy, particularly coaching The Joker and the Denver Nuggets to the 2023 title till the […]The post Kenny Smith Didn’t Like NC Poaching Outside for Coach Until He Learned This About Michael Malone appeared first on EssentiallySports.