There's a disconnect in the conversation about AI regulation. While gov't focuses on labeling AI-generated output (like deepfakes), creative professionals are concerned about the copyrighted input used to train these models without permission or compensation.

You'll learn:

• the latest AI content labeling laws in India, China, and the EU.
• breaking news from Australia, which is rejecting a "fair use" style exemption for AI training data.
• difference between government focus (labeling, misinformation) and creative pro focus (unauthorized data scraping).
• about the 82+ copyright lawsuits filed against AI companies.

Sources:

Australia status:

• https://ministers.ag.gov.au/media-centre/albanese-government-ensure-australia-prepared-future-copyright-challenges-emerging-ai-26-10-2025
• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-27/labor-rules-out-ai-training-copyright-exceptions/105935740

India status:

• https://indianexpress.com/article/business/creators-mandatorily-declare-upload-ai-content-online-draft-rules-10320467/
• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/spotlight/harness-the-future-of-technology-with-ai-and-ml-mastery-from-this-programme-by-iitm-pravartak/articleshow/118107365.cms

China status:

• https://mlq.ai/news/china-implements-sweeping-mandatory-ai-content-labeling-law/
• https://harris-sliwoski.com/chinalawblog/chinas-new-ai-labeling-rules-what-every-china-business-needs-to-know/
• https://www.chinalegalexperts.com/news/china-deep-synthesis-regulation
• https://mlq.ai/news/china-implements-sweeping-mandatory-ai-content-labeling-law/

EU status:

• https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/eu-ai-act
• https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/regulatory-framework-ai
• https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/06/13/eu-ai-act-regulation-law/

Canada status:

A top venture capital firm is funding one company to create thousands of fake AI influencers, after also funding another company that builds tech to detect them. This is the new "synthetic social web," an emerging industry that is targeting the work of human creative professionals.

Which is what this channel is about: the changing landscape of online and the creative professional industry.

In this episode, you'll learn about:

• Doublespeed AI, the A16Z-backed company with the tagline "never pay a human again."
• The "disease and the cure" investment strategy involving the detection company, Doppel.
• The new wave of startups (like MakeUGC and Creatify AI) built to create fake, synthetic user generated content.
• The distinction between "tools" and "services" that aim to replace human labor entirely.
• The impact of this on the jobs creative professionals and the loss of authenticity online.

This episode breaks down the companies and business models that are replacing human writers, editors, and creators, and explains what is at stake for the future of the human internet.

Mentioned in this video (references and sources):

Doublespeed AI https://doublespeed.ai

Doppel: https://www.doppel.com

VC Firm: Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z) and doublespeed: https://speedrun.a16z.com/companies/doublespeed

A16Z and Doppel: https://a16z.com/announcement/investing-in-doppel

Report: 404 Media on Double Speed https://www.404media.co/a16z-backed-startup-sells-thousands-of-synthetic-influencers-to-manipulate-social-media-as-a-service

Podcast Source: Double Speed founder on phone farms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMO0VYTBC7U

High school students: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-27/teens-struggle-to-tell-if-social-media-videos-are-real-or-ai/105924186

Synthetic generated UGC Startups:

• https://Creatify.ai
• https://Zeely.ai
• https://Arcads.ai
• https://Tagshop.ai
• https://www.makeugc.ai
• https://creatorkit.com/ai-actors

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This episode covers:

* The history of the original power pose study and its retraction

* What current research says about postural feedback.

* The small, subjective effect your posture might have on your mood.

* Why a "neutral pose" may be more beneficial than an "expansive" one.

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RESOURCES:

• Gesturing while speaking
• Neck flexion study (June 2025)
• 50% is slop
• Carney's retraction
• Power poses don't work
• Human Internet Theory Newsletter

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