Good morning. YouTube's AI slop label might be doing more than you think. Have you seen this? Hit reply and let me know. Sora 1 officially got the axe. And a viral video is breaking down how AI beauty influencers are basically running a pyramid scheme on TikTok. We cover all three stories below.
👀 YouTube's AI Label Is Quietly Building Google's Next Video Model
People have started noticing something about YouTube's AI Content label. Every time you see that box that says "Does this feel like AI Slop?" you're essentially hand tagging high quality training data. Millions of people doing this for free. And Google owns all of it.
YouTube now has a massive, human-labeled dataset of what realistic AI video looks like vs. what doesn't. That's exactly what you'd need to train a next-gen video model. And Google happens to be working on Veo 4. You build a label, make it mandatory, get millions of people to tag their own content, and now you've got the cleanest training dataset in the game.
Sora 1 Said Its Goodbyes
Sora 1 sunset
OpenAI pulled the plug on Sora 1. If you're in the US, it's gone. Sora 2 is now the only option. All old Sora 1 URLs redirect to Sora 2 automatically. The important part: all Sora 1 content will be permanently deleted once the final export window closes. If you haven't backed up your videos yet, check your email for the export notification from OpenAI. Once that deadline passes, it's gone for good. Image generation inside Sora is also gone now. OpenAI is pointing people to ChatGPT for images going forward.
How AI Beauty Yappers Became the New Pyramid Scheme
A video going around this month is breaking down the specific business model behind "Beauty Yappers" on TikTok. Despite the clickbait title, it's actually a really solid breakdown of how AI-generated beauty influencers are being used to sell products, build audiences, and stack affiliate revenue without ever showing a real face.
The formula: create a consistent AI persona using tools like HeyGen or Kling, post beauty content daily, plug TikTok Shop affiliate links, rinse and repeat across multiple accounts. Some creators are running 5+ AI personas simultaneously. It's basically a content farm dressed up as influencer marketing.
Whether you think it's genius or sketchy, it's worth understanding. The creator economy is shifting fast and AI personas are eating into the space that used to require a ring light and a real human.