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Adam N2 (00:05):
Welcome to Digimasters Shorts, we are your hosts Adam
Nagus

Carly W (00:09):
and Carly Wilson delivering the latest scoop from
the digital realm.
The world's biggest YouTuber,MrBeast, has expressed concern
over the rapid advancement ofgenerative artificial
intelligence, calling it"scary"for millions of creators who
make content for a living.
New AI tools, like Open A.I'sSora released last week, can
produce fully-formed videos fromsimple text prompts, raising

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fears about copyrightinfringement and job security in
creative industries.
MrBeast questioned what willhappen to creators when
AI-generated videos match thequality of traditional content.
The film and video game sectorshave already seen significant
industrial action over A.I'simpact on jobs.
YouTube itself offers AI videogeneration tools, including

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Google's Veo, which can producecontent by learning from a
subset of existing videos.
Experts note AI lowers the costof creativity, benefiting those
who use it to enhance theircontent, though concerns about
authenticity and originalityremain.
MrBeast tried using AI forgenerating video thumbnails
earlier this year but facedbacklash from fellow creators

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over copyright and ethicalissues.
Despite his worries, AI couldstill assist creators behind the
scenes in production andgraphics.
The controversy highlightsongoing debates about A.I's role
in media and whether it unfairlyexploits existing creators’
work.
As AI technology evolves, thecreative community continues to
navigate the balance betweeninnovation and protecting

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original content.

Adam N2 (01:36):
Open A.I revealed that suspected Chinese government
users requested Chat G.P.T'shelp in developing surveillance
tools targeting the Uyghurminority and others deemed
"high-risk." The AI was alsoasked to assist in creating
promotional content for softwarethat scans social media for
extremist speech.
This report highlights howauthoritarian regimes

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increasingly leverage AI toenhance monitoring and
repression capabilities.
The U.S and China are fiercelycompeting in AI development,
investing billions to gaintechnological advantages.
Chinese authorities reportedlyuse AI to refine data analysis
and language, improvingsurveillance operations but not
creating entirely newcyberattack methods.

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Open A.I has banned accountsassociated with these activities
and noted similar misuse byhackers from Russia, North
Korea, and criminal groups.
Meanwhile, scammers employ AIfor operational tasks but
potential victims also use ChatG.P.T to detect fraud more
frequently than scammers use it.
The Chinese Embassy dismissedthe allegations, emphasizing

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China's AI governance policiesfocused on innovation and
security.
U.S Cyber Command is activelydeveloping AI tools for both
defensive and offensive cyberoperations.
Overall, A.I's role in globalpower struggles underscores the
ethical challenges tied to itsdeployment by state and
non-state actors.
Zelda Williams, daughter of thelate Robin Williams, has

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publicly condemned AI-generatedvideos featuring her father.
In an Instagram post, she urgedpeople to stop sending her these
deepfake clips, calling themdisrespectful and harmful.
She described the content asover-processed"hotdogs,"
twisting the legacies of realindividuals into distorted
recreations.
Zelda emphasized that such AIrecreations do not honor her

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father's memory and are moreabout cheap imitation than
genuine art.
This is not the first time shehas spoken out against AI
misuse, highlighting concernsabout actors who cannot consent
to being digitally recreated.
The rise of celebrity deepfakeson social media has sparked
wider debate, affecting figureslike Scarlett Johansson and Neil
Finn.
Many of the Robin Williamsdeepfakes seem to have been

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produced using Open A.I’s newvideo generator, Sora 2.
Despite copyright protections,free AI apps have flooded the
internet with unauthorizedcontent featuring popular
characters.
Open A.I has stated it will workwith rights holders to manage
copyright disputes but does notoffer blanket opt-out options.
The controversy underscores theethical and legal challenges

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posed by AI-generated media inentertainment.

Carly W (04:07):
The 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three
physicists for groundbreakingwork on quantum mechanics.
John Clarke, Michel H.
Devoret, and John M.
Martinis developed a circuitwith zero electrical resistance
to demonstrate quantumtunneling.
This phenomenon shows how atomsand subatomic particles can pass
through barriers they normallyshouldn't cross.

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Their experiments transformedquantum tunneling from theory
into a practical reality, layingthe foundation for modern
transistors and quantumcomputing.
Clarke, who led the team at theUniversity of California,
Berkeley, called the award"completely stunned" during a
call with reporters.
Both Martinis and Devoretcontributed to Google's quantum
computing efforts, with Martinisleading the Quantum AI hardware

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team during a 2019 breakthroughin quantum supremacy.
Martinis now holdsprofessorships at Yale and UC
Santa Barbara, while Devoretserves as chief scientist at
Google Quantum AI.
Their pioneering research haspropelled the development of
today's quantum computers.
This prestigious prize placesthem among legendary physicists
like Max Planck and AlbertEinstein.

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The awards were officiallyannounced on Tuesday.
Google has introduced Gemini 2.5Computer Use, an AI model
capable of interacting withwebsites by clicking, scrolling,
and typing within a browserwindow.
This model allows AI to accessdata unavailable through APIs by
navigating user interfacesdesigned for humans, not robots.

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Gemini 2.5 uses advanced visualunderstanding and reasoning to
analyze requests and completetasks like filling out forms or
navigating complex web pages.
Its applications include UItesting and managing tasks that
require interaction with webinterfaces lacking direct API
connections.
Google highlights that the modelsupports 13 actions, including

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opening browsers and draggingelements, but it is not yet
optimized for full desktopoperating system control.
Demonstrations of Gemini 2.5show the model completing
activities such as playing gamesand browsing news sites, with
videos sped up for viewerconvenience.
Available to developers viaGoogle AI Studio and Vertex AI,

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Gemini 2.5 represents Google’songoing investment in AI agents
that operate autonomously inbrowser environments.
This announcement followssimilar innovations from Open
A.I and Anthropic, who have alsoadvanced AI"computer use"
capabilities.
Google claims Gemini 2.5outperforms other leading models
on various web and mobilebenchmarks.

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Unlike competitors, Google’smodel exclusively interacts
within a browser, offering afocused approach to AI-driven
web navigation.

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