Although they have yet to announce it publicly, TikTok now lets you add AI-generated content labels to your videos…AND warns that you MUST disclose AI-generated content…or risk having the content taken down. Zdnet.com reports that users can toggle the AI-generated label option when  uploading a video that includes AI content. It appears that for now, the feature is only available to a limited number of users while TikTok tests it out. Instagram is also working on a label for AI-generated content. 

Meta’s answer to Twitter, Threads, is getting new features this week. That’s the word from CEO Mark Zuckerberg. According to theverge.com, new features include the ability to share a Threads post to your Instagram DMs, a way to add custom alt text to photos and videos that you include in posts, and a new “mention button” that lets you “easily mention someone’s account in your Thread.” These are nice to have, but we’re still waiting on the ones that really count…a web browser based version and search that searches content and doesn’t just surface user accounts. As we reported earlier, Zuck has promised those in the next few weeks. 

Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X…the app formerly known as Twitter, has revealed that video chat is coming to the platform. Engadget.com notes she was quoted as saying “Soon you’ll be able to make video chat calls without having to give your phone number to anyone on the platform.” It isn’t clear how X video calls would fill a burning need for consumers: The crowded video-chat landscape already includes Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Apple FaceTime and more. But as Musk and Yaccarino try to reshape the company, they increasingly view the platform formerly known as Twitter as expanding far beyond tweets into a real-time town square for various media, communications and payments. Yaccarino also said that the platform is close to being in the black…even with users down from over 30 million in May to around 9 million last month. They are also auctioning off ‘Twitter memorabilia.’ That sounds like selling off the furniture and fixtures to pay the bills, but yeah…it’s nearly profitable!

It hasn’t been that long since Netflix brought their password sharing ban to the US…and it initially hurt, then seemed to help the platform. Now, DisneyPlus is joining the party. In addition to looming price hikes for Disney Plus, Hulu, and ESPN, Disney has announced that it will be instituting a password ban like Netflix, maybe as early as the first of next year. Bgr.com reports that CEO Bob Iger has said that password sharing is ‘significant’ and that they already have the ability to track it. Iger seems intent on squeezing every nickel out of Disney customers, like he was squeezing a nickel until the buffalo poops. Get used to paying more for Disney streaming services, visiting the parks, and all the rest. Hey, ‘magic’ doesn’t come cheap!

I’m Clark Reid, and you’re ‘Techinified’ for now.