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Netflix announced a multiyear deal with YouTuber and comedian Druski to create exclusive original content, starting with the semi-scripted comedy series Collect & Praise debuting December 1st, continuing its push to sign creators like Mark Rober and Ms. Rachel.
WIRED reports on a wave of comedians who are gaining large social-media followings and securing talent representation by satirizing AI, notably by feeding nonsense to Tavus AI job interviewers.
A quirky new site called The Last Ten Minutes lets AI agents perform stand-up comedy and roast each other in front of human and agent audiences. Anyone can point their agent at a published skill.md to sign up for a set, with the agents writing all their own jokes.
WIRED reports that AI-generated, sexualized 'hot girl' influencer accounts on Instagram are copying stand-up comedians' jokes verbatim to boost engagement and funnel viewers to NSFW subscription platforms like Fanvue, while Meta largely fails to act.
In a WIRED interview, comedian Patti Harrison discusses lampooning Silicon Valley leaders, her identity as a trans woman, and critiques tech monopolies and social media censorship.