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OpenAI Nabs Key Patreon Execs Ahead of an Upcoming Announcement

September 23, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
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Patreon co-founder and chief technology officer Sam Yam announced on 23 September 2026 that he is joining OpenAI to lead a division called Creator Product, bringing former product head Drew Rowny and former engineering head Shannon Ma with him. The announcement points at OpenAI DevDay on 29 September and at a separate Sam Altman tease, and it lands two months after Patreon cut 93 staff and one month after a 30-feature roadmap. This article separates the confirmed facts from the inference.

YouTube Is Building AI Creator Tools That Do Almost Everything for Them

September 23, 2026
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YouTube used Made on YouTube on 23 September 2026 to ship AI creator tools that go well past assistance: a background agent that re-optimises a back catalogue without being asked, generated thumbnails and titles, machine-written sponsor pitches, and three-way video tests that YouTube resolves automatically after seven days if the creator does not. This article separates the eight tasks by who triggers them, does the arithmetic on YouTube’s 40 million A/B experiments, and names the one metric the company declined to publish.