The Best AI Video Generators Now That Sora Is Gone
OpenAI shut the Sora app in April and its API on Sept. 24. Here are eight places to take your prompts, what…
Casie Stewart
Columnist, Creator Economy & Culture
Casie Stewart covers the creator economy, social platforms and wellness tech for prompt/power: who gets paid, who gets seen, and what the algorithm is really asking of the people who feed it. She has been publishing online since 2005, long before "creator" was a job title, and has spent most of that time on the other side of the platforms she now writes about. Based in Toronto. Her rule for any new app: if it promises to save you time, check how much of it you just spent reading the onboarding.
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Japan’s Courts Say Your Voice Is Yours. The TikTok Clone Still Got Away
A Tokyo court recognized voice as a publicity right in anime star Kenjiro Tsuda's AI-clone suit against TikTok, then dismissed his takedown…
TikTok Will Pay Creators in 30 Days — and Own the Pipe
TikTok One Pay gets creators paid in 30 days with no cut. It's a good deal, and the clearest sign yet TikTok…
The FDA Just Cleared an App to Dose Insulin Without a Doctor Signing Off. The Data to Back It Up Isn’t Public Yet.
DreaMed's MODI is the first FDA-cleared app to send insulin-dose changes straight to people with type 2 diabetes. The trial data isn't…
Oura Pulled Its IPO. The S-1 Already Showed Who It Was For.
Oura postponed its Nasdaq debut hours before pricing. Its S-1 explains why: 73% of the shares on offer were insiders selling, so…
YouTube Will Let You Prompt Your Own Feed. Creators Should Read the Fine Print.
YouTube's Gemini-powered Custom Feeds let viewers describe the videos they want, moving discovery out of the algorithm's hands and past the creator's.
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 Want to Tell You How Ready You Are
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 add a new Health Sensing System, the S11 chip and a daily readiness score, pushing…
The iPhone 18 Pro’s Best New Feature Is an Aperture That Actually Moves
Beyond the foldable, the iPhone 18 Pro has a main camera with a real mechanical variable aperture. The rest is the familiar…