YouTube Looks to Creators (and Their Data) to Win in the AI Era
Amjad Hanif, a YouTube vice president, recently met with Egyptian influencer Farah Medhat, who has a huge following overseas. Medhat's second-largest audience on YouTube is in South Korea, where fans watch her Arabic videos with subtitles. Hanif believes his company's artificial intelligence will soon make Medhat a fluent Korean speaker onscreen, letting her reach even more viewers.
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