Bobby Allen
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Behind the flurry of short video clips flooding Instagram, TikTok, and X are people who edit down hundreds of videos a day into viral snippets in response to bounties put up by companies and influencers typically paying around 50 cents per thousand views.
Several clippers told NPR they quit their day jobs to clip full-time.
An agency founder said clipping is the new TV commercial or billboard in the age of scrolling.
Ad executive Lou Pascalis says this shadow economy is a race to the bottom.
A leading clipping agency executive said most clippers are between the ages of 16 and 24.
Behind the flurry of short video clips flooding Instagram, TikTok, and X are people who edit down hundreds of videos a day into viral snippets.
in response to bounties put up by companies and influencers typically paying around 50 cents per thousand views.
Several clippers told NPR they quit their day jobs to clip full-time.
An agency founder said clipping is the new TV commercial or billboard in the age of scrolling.
Ad executive Lou Pascalis says this shadow economy is a race to the bottom.
A leading clipping agency executive said most clippers are between the ages of 16 and 24.
Pentagon officials say Microsoft, Amazon, Google, OpenAI, and other companies will soon make the U.S.
military an AI-first fighting force.
The Pentagon's new deals mean cutting-edge AI tools will be used to generate target lists for military strikes and to analyze data before deploying lethal weapons.
The deals come as Anthropic refuses to let the Defense Department use its technology for things like mass surveillance and autonomous drones.
Anthropic's pushback has led to litigation and President Trump ordering the federal government to cut ties with the company.
Trump officials are hoping the new deals with Silicon Valley's biggest players will lead to a compromise from Anthropic, which did not return a request for comment.
Pentagon officials say Microsoft, Amazon, Google, OpenAI, and other companies will soon make the U.S.