Following a week of online criticism, world's-most-popular-YouTuber MrBeast, aka Jimmy Donaldson, has removed a new generative AI tool from his Viewstats platform, a suite of tools made to "help creators grow YouTube channels."
Available as part of an $80/month package, the AI tool promised to "generate viral thumbnails" and received some positive reactions, but also a thunderingly negative response from those who view generative AI use as wasteful, tacky, and unethical.
