On TikTok, some viewers recently saw an ad in which MrBeast offered a deal that seemed too good to be true. It was.
In the spot, MrBeast (whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson) promised to give away 10,000 iPhone 15 Pro devices for just $2 apiece. But days after the promotion went live, the real Jimmy Donaldson took to X to tell viewers that he did not film the ad himself. The character seen in the video was nothing more than an AI-generated deepfake designed to resemble the 25-year-old creator.
“Lots of people are getting this deepfake scam ad of me…are social media platforms ready to handle the rise of AI deepfakes?” Donaldson wrote. “This is a serious problem.”
Lots of people are getting this deepfake scam ad of me… are social media platforms ready to handle the rise of AI deepfakes? This is a serious problem pic.twitter.com/llkhxswQSw
— MrBeast...
In the spot, MrBeast (whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson) promised to give away 10,000 iPhone 15 Pro devices for just $2 apiece. But days after the promotion went live, the real Jimmy Donaldson took to X to tell viewers that he did not film the ad himself. The character seen in the video was nothing more than an AI-generated deepfake designed to resemble the 25-year-old creator.
“Lots of people are getting this deepfake scam ad of me…are social media platforms ready to handle the rise of AI deepfakes?” Donaldson wrote. “This is a serious problem.”
Lots of people are getting this deepfake scam ad of me… are social media platforms ready to handle the rise of AI deepfakes? This is a serious problem pic.twitter.com/llkhxswQSw
— MrBeast...
- 10/4/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
For years, Jordi Van Den Bussche has expressed his desire to replace himself with a virtual creator, or VTuber. At the start of August, the Dutch gamer known as Kwebbelkop took a big step toward that goal. He premiered a new character for his 15 million YouTube subscribers: An AI-driven version of himself.
“The Digital Kwebbelkop,” as the new character is known, was developed at Van Den Bussche’s company, JVDBStudios. The gamer and his team have revealed several new tools: They are training VTubers to mimic specific creators and using AI technology to streamline the video production process. The result, at least in the first Digital Kwebbelkop video, is a character who looks like Van Den Bussche, sounds like him, and plays Minecraft like him.
Van Den Bussche took to X to discuss his plans for his digital doppelganger. For now, four Digital Kwebbelkop videos will go live each week,...
“The Digital Kwebbelkop,” as the new character is known, was developed at Van Den Bussche’s company, JVDBStudios. The gamer and his team have revealed several new tools: They are training VTubers to mimic specific creators and using AI technology to streamline the video production process. The result, at least in the first Digital Kwebbelkop video, is a character who looks like Van Den Bussche, sounds like him, and plays Minecraft like him.
Van Den Bussche took to X to discuss his plans for his digital doppelganger. For now, four Digital Kwebbelkop videos will go live each week,...
- 8/2/2023
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
During his first nine years on YouTube, Jordi van den Bussche released new gaming videos with machine-like efficiency. The man known online as Kwebbelkop never strayed from his daily upload schedule, and that consistency helped him bring 15 million subscribers to his channel.
But as his channel progressed forward, van den Bussche began to feel the flames of burnout. As he struggled to keep up with the pace of other YouTube gamers, he stopped creating alongside longtime collaborators Jelly and Slogoman. He suffered from twitchy eyes and back pain. He could barely work for 10 minutes before he became exhausted. “You want to say yes to everything,” he told Tubefilter, “but I didn’t realize that my mental health was suffering because of it.”
In 2021, van den Bussche revealed the solution to his burnout problem: Bloo. That’s the name of a blue-haired VTuber created by the Kwebbelkop team. Bloo now has his own channel,...
But as his channel progressed forward, van den Bussche began to feel the flames of burnout. As he struggled to keep up with the pace of other YouTube gamers, he stopped creating alongside longtime collaborators Jelly and Slogoman. He suffered from twitchy eyes and back pain. He could barely work for 10 minutes before he became exhausted. “You want to say yes to everything,” he told Tubefilter, “but I didn’t realize that my mental health was suffering because of it.”
In 2021, van den Bussche revealed the solution to his burnout problem: Bloo. That’s the name of a blue-haired VTuber created by the Kwebbelkop team. Bloo now has his own channel,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
After buying out former owner Rtl Group and launching an IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange last week, Bbtv has just added four YouTube creators to its massive channel arsenal.
They are: Nick Pro, Charlie ‘Penguinz0’ White Jr., Jack Denmo, and Francesca Farago (pictured above) -- who, all told, garner 267.8 million monthly views. Nick Pro is a parkour and tricking athlete from Canada, while Penguinz0 is a comedy and entertainment creator. Denmo is best known for his spontaneous street interviews and pranks, while Farago is a lifestyle vlogger who first rose to fame on the Netflix dating series Too Hot To Handle.
At the same time, Bbtv announced that it had re-upped several existing deals, including gaming creators Kwebbelkop -- whose real name is Jordi van den Bussche -- and IAmSanna, as well as family vlogger Cordero 'Cj So Cool' Brady. All told, these creators collectively generate 187.6 million monthly views.
They are: Nick Pro, Charlie ‘Penguinz0’ White Jr., Jack Denmo, and Francesca Farago (pictured above) -- who, all told, garner 267.8 million monthly views. Nick Pro is a parkour and tricking athlete from Canada, while Penguinz0 is a comedy and entertainment creator. Denmo is best known for his spontaneous street interviews and pranks, while Farago is a lifestyle vlogger who first rose to fame on the Netflix dating series Too Hot To Handle.
At the same time, Bbtv announced that it had re-upped several existing deals, including gaming creators Kwebbelkop -- whose real name is Jordi van den Bussche -- and IAmSanna, as well as family vlogger Cordero 'Cj So Cool' Brady. All told, these creators collectively generate 187.6 million monthly views.
- 11/5/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
Vancouver-based YouTube network BroadbandTV (Bbtv) -- which furnishes content creation, distribution, management, and monetization services to its partner channels -- has signed six creators today across multiple verticals.
The network’s latest additions include Amsterdam-based gamer Jordi Van Den Bussche (known to his 10.9 million subscribers as Kwebbelkop), Netherlands-born gamer Jelly (12.9 million subscribers), kids content owners Family Fun Pack (who operate a network of six total channels), Grammy-winning musician Flume (1.4 million subscribers), and two basketball stars: retired NBA player Anthony 'Spice' Adams and Tristan Jass.
With respect to two latter signings, Bbtv has worked with the NBA since 2009, and launched the NBA Playmakers network featuring fan-made content created by millennial basketball enthusiasts in 2016. Adams, who played with the San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears over the course of his nine-year stint in the league years, has relaunched his career as a digital creator, while Jass went viral for crossing his high school teacher in a game.
The network’s latest additions include Amsterdam-based gamer Jordi Van Den Bussche (known to his 10.9 million subscribers as Kwebbelkop), Netherlands-born gamer Jelly (12.9 million subscribers), kids content owners Family Fun Pack (who operate a network of six total channels), Grammy-winning musician Flume (1.4 million subscribers), and two basketball stars: retired NBA player Anthony 'Spice' Adams and Tristan Jass.
With respect to two latter signings, Bbtv has worked with the NBA since 2009, and launched the NBA Playmakers network featuring fan-made content created by millennial basketball enthusiasts in 2016. Adams, who played with the San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears over the course of his nine-year stint in the league years, has relaunched his career as a digital creator, while Jass went viral for crossing his high school teacher in a game.
- 6/25/2019
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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