Have you heard? Kurzgesagt is not AI, John Nellis goes dancing, and Baby Shark’s K-pop idol.

Each week, we handpick a selection of stories to give you a snapshot of trends, updates, business moves, and more from around the creator industry. This week, an animation channel suffers from a case of mistaken identity, a soccer creator puts on his dancing shoes, and there's a new K-pop idol (doo doo doo-doo doo-doo). Creator commotion Someone has to tell YouTube that Kurzgesagt isn't AI-generated. After seeing its view counts fluctuate, the iconic educational hub learned that YouTube's automated systems had flagged Kurzgesagt as AI slop. As if animation channels didn't have it hard enough already, now they're turning up as false positives. Fortunately, YouTube has rectified the issue (at least for now). Visit Tubefilter for more great stories.

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