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 "name": "AI's Funniest Home Videos",
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 "built": "2026-11-04",
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   "name": "Robot fails",
   "desc": "Humanoids and research robots falling over, wandering off and face-planting, as filmed by news outlets and labs."
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  {
   "id": "chatbot-screens",
   "name": "Chatbot screenshots",
   "desc": "Customer-service bots and assistants talked into saying absurd things, posted by the people who did it."
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   "name": "Virtual personality moments",
   "desc": "AI VTubers and virtual influencers doing something funny on their own official channels."
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   "title": "The dachshund who does Single Ladies",
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   "credit": "@king_odiee",
   "label": "AI-generated video",
   "why": "An AI-animated dachshund named Odie nails the Single Ladies routine. Listed among October's top AI video trends.",
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    "Jump On The Trend: AI trends, October 2026",
    "https://jumponthetrend.app/trends/october-2026/"
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   "title": "“I Wanna Love You” white cat",
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   "platform": "tiktok",
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   "label": "AI-generated video",
   "why": "A fluffy white cat lip-syncs with total commitment. One of October's most-copied AI pet formats.",
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    "https://jumponthetrend.app/trends/october-2026/"
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   "why": "The creepy little imp set to Riff Raff. NBC News traced the original AI clip to artist Tatyana Tereshchenko in August.",
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   "why": "A tiny AI fairy with a laugh you can't unhear. Listed in October's AI trend round-up.",
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   "stats_checked": "2026-11-04",
   "stale": false,
   "metric": "views",
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   "title": "Rumpelstiltskin imp: the TikTok that spread it",
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   "platform": "tiktok",
   "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@deckcake/video/7692107862427831565",
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   "credit": "@deckcake (original AI clip by Tatyana Tereshchenko)",
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   "why": "One of the posts NBC News cites as popularizing the imp meme.",
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    "https://www.instagram.com/p/DcjC4hHCb0C/"
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   "title": "Rumpelstiltskin imp: the Payless shoe aisle",
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   "credit": "@ladybugs1991 (uses the AI imp clip)",
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   "why": "Nostalgia version: running down the shoe aisle as a kid. Cited by NBC News.",
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   "handle": "ashleigh_hoke",
   "credit": "@ashleigh_hoke (uses the AI imp clip)",
   "label": "Uses an AI-generated clip",
   "why": "The earworm, explained. Cited by NBC News.",
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   "metric": "views",
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   "orig": null,
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   "title": "Crazy Frog AI: one of the first invisible-motorcycle rides",
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   "handle": "roksitt_",
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   "label": "AI-generated video",
   "why": "A rider on an invisible motorcycle, chased by a hover-bike cop, to Axel F. The trend explainer calls it one of the first.",
   "source": [
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   "stats_checked": "2026-11-04",
   "stale": false,
   "metric": "views",
   "posted": "2026-10-07",
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   "id": "princess-poodle",
   "title": "Crazy Frog AI: the princess and the poodle",
   "cat": "ai-comedy",
   "platform": "tiktok",
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   "handle": "shirawiggles",
   "credit": "@shirawiggles",
   "label": "AI-generated video (tagged #AIvideo #Seedance)",
   "why": "A fairytale princess escapes posture lessons; Monsieur Fifi the poodle gives chase.",
   "source": [
    "Crazy Frog AI trend explained",
    "https://crazyfrogai.io/crazy-frog-ai-trend"
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   "stats_checked": "2026-11-04",
   "stale": false,
   "metric": "views",
   "posted": "2026-10-09",
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   "hof": false,
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   "id": "imp-bigger-than-corn",
   "title": "Rumpelstiltskin imp: “bigger than Corn”",
   "cat": "ai-comedy",
   "platform": "tiktok",
   "url": "https://www.tiktok.com/@masonbhunter/video/7693880990711794975",
   "handle": "masonbhunter",
   "credit": "@masonbhunter (uses the AI imp clip)",
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   "why": "Predicting the imp outlives the Corn kid. Cited by NBC News.",
   "source": [
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   "id": "pepperoni-hug-spot",
   "title": "Pepperoni Hug Spot: the AI pizza commercial",
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   "handle": "Pizza Later",
   "credit": "Pizza Later (@Pizza_Later)",
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   "why": "A fake pizza commercial made with AI video tools in 2023, by a creator whose X bio reads “AI explorer”. A classic of the uncanny era.",
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   "why": "One of the clips TODAY cited when McDonald's AI ordering test went viral for the wrong reasons.",
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   "title": "Google AI said to put glue on pizza. So she made glue pizza.",
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   "why": "A reporter tested Google's AI Overviews advice that glue keeps cheese on pizza. It held.",
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   "id": "tahoe-1-dollar",
   "title": "Chevy dealer chatbot agrees to sell a Tahoe for $1",
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   "platform": "x",
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   "label": "Chatbot screenshot",
   "why": "His post: “I just bought a 2024 Chevy Tahoe for $1.” The screenshots show how he talked a dealer's chatbot into it.",
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   "platform": "x",
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   "title": "Neuro-sama: “The last frame gets me every time”",
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   "platform": "youtube",
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   "handle": "Neurosama",
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   "why": "The AI VTuber's official channel; the punchline is in the last frame.",
   "source": [
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    "https://www.youtube.com/@Neurosama"
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   "platform": "youtube",
   "url": "https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Yj2C_BGtByQ",
   "handle": "Neurosama",
   "credit": "Neuro-sama (by Vedal)",
   "label": "AI VTuber",
   "why": "A mid-sentence change of heart from the AI streamer.",
   "source": [
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    "https://www.youtube.com/@Neurosama"
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   "metric": "views",
   "posted": "2024-12-29",
   "orig": null,
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  "imp-x-repost",
  "laughing-fairy",
  "imp-deckcake",
  "imp-payless",
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  "imp-bigger-than-corn"
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   "id": "grok-ballot-deadlines",
   "title": "Grok gave wrong ballot deadlines for nine US states",
   "country": "United States",
   "party": "Nonpartisan",
   "label": "AI chatbot fail",
   "text": "Within hours of President Biden leaving the race on July 21, 2024, Grok said ballot deadlines had passed in nine states. It was false and stayed uncorrected until July 31. Secretaries of state from Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Mexico and Washington wrote to X on Aug 5 asking it to send election questions to CanIVote.org.",
   "sources": [
    [
     "Secretaries of State letter to X (PDF)",
     "https://www.sos.mn.gov/media/6077/080524-secretaries-letter-to-x.pdf",
     "2024-08-05"
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    [
     "NBC News",
     "https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/misinformation/secretaries-state-say-xs-ai-shared-false-election-information-rcna165194",
     "2024-08-05"
    ]
   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "nh-robocall-fine",
   "title": "Fake-Biden AI robocall ends in a $6 million FCC fine",
   "country": "United States",
   "party": "Targeted Democratic primary voters",
   "label": "AI deepfake voice. We do not link or play the audio.",
   "text": "An AI voice clone of President Biden called New Hampshire voters before the Jan 2024 primary. The FCC fined consultant Steve Kramer $6 million.",
   "sources": [
    [
     "FCC: $6M fine for NH robocalls",
     "https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-issues-6m-fine-nh-robocalls",
     "2024"
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   ]
  },
  {
   "id": "desantis-ai-images",
   "title": "DeSantis campaign video used AI images of Trump hugging Fauci",
   "country": "United States",
   "party": "Republican primary campaign",
   "label": "AI-generated images, fact-checked. We link the fact check only.",
   "text": "A June 2023 video from the DeSantis campaign mixed real photos with AI-generated images of Donald Trump embracing Anthony Fauci. AFP's fact check identified the fakes.",
   "sources": [
    [
     "AFP Fact Check",
     "https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33H928Z",
     "2023-06-07"
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   ]
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   "id": "ai-steve",
   "title": "“AI Steve” stood for Parliament and got 179 votes",
   "country": "United Kingdom",
   "party": "Independent",
   "label": "AI candidate (real election result)",
   "text": "Businessman Steve Endacott stood in Brighton Pavilion on July 4, 2024 as “AI Steve”, an avatar meant to gather voters' policy ideas. The BBC result lists the Independent candidate “Steve Al” with 179 votes (0.3%).",
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    [
     "BBC: Brighton Pavilion result",
     "https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/E14001130",
     "2024-07-05"
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    [
     "Firstpost",
     "https://www.firstpost.com/tech/uks-first-ai-bot-to-run-for-elections-ai-steve-got-179-votes-came-last-in-its-constituency-13789770.html",
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   "id": "ai-mark",
   "title": "An MP launched “AI Mark”, then retired it: it “didn't save any time”",
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   "party": "Labour",
   "label": "AI assistant experiment",
   "text": "Leeds South West and Morley MP Mark Sewards launched an AI version of himself to answer constituents in Aug 2025 and halted it in Dec 2025.",
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    [
     "BBC News",
     "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy5pr3q6lrpo",
     "2025-08-06"
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    [
     "West Leeds Dispatch",
     "https://westleedsdispatch.com/mark-sewards-mp-halts-ai-robo-mp-experiment/",
     "2025-12-08"
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  {
   "id": "diella-pregnant",
   "title": "Albania's AI minister is “pregnant with 83 digital assistants”",
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   "text": "Prime Minister Edi Rama said Diella, the AI system serving as a minister in his cabinet, will have 83 “children” who will become parliamentary assistants.",
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     "Euronews",
     "https://www.euronews.com/2025/10/30/albanias-ai-minister-is-pregnant-with-83-digital-assistants-prime-minister-says",
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   "title": "A Danish party led by an AI chatbot, “Leader Lars”",
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   "text": "Artist collective Computer Lars and MindFuture built The Synthetic Party, whose policies come from an AI chatbot. Fortune reported it had 11 of the 20,000 signatures needed to run in Denmark's November 2022 election.",
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    [
     "VICE",
     "https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-danish-political-party-is-led-by-an-ai/",
     "2022-10-13"
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    [
     "Fortune",
     "https://fortune.com/2022/10/14/ai-chatbot-leader-lars-the-synthetic-party-discord-russia-ukraine-crimea-policy/",
     "2022-10-14"
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  {
   "id": "bing-election-errors",
   "title": "Bing Chat got one in three election answers wrong",
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   "party": "Nonpartisan",
   "label": "AI chatbot fail (research study)",
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    [
     "AlgorithmWatch study",
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   "desc": "Third-party figure (SocialPubli via PRODU, Mar 2026). Instagram hides counts from logged-out visitors."
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   "desc": "Read from the official public profile page."
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   "name": "X followers",
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     "Instagram",
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     "note": "SocialPubli ranking via PRODU, Mar 10, 2026 (third-party). Instagram hides counts from logged-out visitors, so we cite this ranking.",
     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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     "status": "yes",
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     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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     "status": "yes",
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     "status": "yes",
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     "status": "unknown",
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     "source": null,
     "note": "",
     "checked": null
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     "status": "no",
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    "youtube": {
     "status": "unknown",
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     "source": null,
     "note": "",
     "checked": null
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     "note": "",
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     "note": "SocialPubli ranking via PRODU, Mar 10, 2026 (third-party). Instagram hides counts from logged-out visitors, so we cite this ranking.",
     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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    "tiktok": {
     "status": "unknown",
     "value": null,
     "source": null,
     "note": "",
     "checked": null
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     "status": "no",
     "value": "Account suspended",
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     "checked": "2026-11-04"
    },
    "youtube": {
     "status": "unknown",
     "value": null,
     "source": null,
     "note": "",
     "checked": null
    },
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     "status": "yes",
     "value": "IKEA (Harajuku store ambassador, 2020)",
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     "note": "",
     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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    "disclosure": {
     "status": "partial",
     "value": "Yes: Aww Inc. presents her as a “virtual human”",
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     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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     "X",
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     "note": "",
     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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    "instagram": {
     "status": "partial",
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     "source": "https://www.produ.com/mercadeo/noticias/socialpubli-lu-do-magalu-barbie-y-lil-miquela-lideran-el-ranking-global-de-influencers-virtuales/",
     "note": "SocialPubli ranking via PRODU, Mar 10, 2026 (third-party). Instagram hides counts from logged-out visitors, so we cite this ranking.",
     "checked": "2026-11-04"
    },
    "tiktok": {
     "status": "unknown",
     "value": null,
     "source": null,
     "note": "",
     "checked": null
    },
    "x": {
     "status": "yes",
     "value": "355",
     "source": "https://x.com/noonoouri",
     "note": "",
     "checked": "2026-11-04"
    },
    "youtube": {
     "status": "yes",
     "value": "3.99K",
     "source": "https://www.youtube.com/@noonoouri/about",
     "note": "",
     "checked": "2026-11-04"
    },
    "brands": {
     "status": "yes",
     "value": "Warner Music (2023); Marc Jacobs, Dior, Versace",
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     "note": "",
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     "status": "yes",
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     "source": "https://x.com/noonoouri",
     "note": "",
     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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   "id": "shudu",
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   "base": "UK (creator); presented as South African",
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     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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     "note": "SocialPubli ranking via PRODU, Mar 10, 2026 (third-party). Instagram hides counts from logged-out visitors, so we cite this ranking.",
     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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    "tiktok": {
     "status": "unknown",
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     "source": null,
     "note": "",
     "checked": null
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     "status": "unknown",
     "value": null,
     "source": null,
     "note": "",
     "checked": null
    },
    "youtube": {
     "status": "unknown",
     "value": null,
     "source": null,
     "note": "",
     "checked": null
    },
    "brands": {
     "status": "unknown",
     "value": null,
     "source": null,
     "note": "",
     "checked": null
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     "status": "partial",
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     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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     "source": null,
     "note": "",
     "checked": null
    },
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     "source": null,
     "note": "",
     "checked": null
    },
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     "status": "yes",
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     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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     "source": "https://www.youtube.com/@Neurosama/about",
     "note": "",
     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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     "status": "unknown",
     "value": null,
     "source": null,
     "note": "",
     "checked": null
    },
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     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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   "base": "Unknown",
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     "note": "Tennis.com could not identify the creators.",
     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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     "note": "SocialPubli ranking via PRODU, Mar 10, 2026 (third-party). Instagram hides counts from logged-out visitors, so we cite this ranking.",
     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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    "tiktok": {
     "status": "unknown",
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     "source": null,
     "note": "",
     "checked": null
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     "source": null,
     "note": "",
     "checked": null
    },
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     "status": "unknown",
     "value": null,
     "source": null,
     "note": "",
     "checked": null
    },
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     "note": "",
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     "note": "SocialPubli ranking via PRODU, Mar 10, 2026 (third-party). Instagram hides counts from logged-out visitors, so we cite this ranking.",
     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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     "checked": null
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     "source": null,
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     "checked": null
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     "status": "unknown",
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     "source": null,
     "note": "",
     "checked": null
    },
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     "source": "https://www.produ.com/mercadeo/noticias/socialpubli-lu-do-magalu-barbie-y-lil-miquela-lideran-el-ranking-global-de-influencers-virtuales/",
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     "checked": "2026-11-04"
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     "source": null,
     "note": "",
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   "url": "https://www.synthesia.io/",
   "pricing": "https://www.synthesia.io/pricing",
   "entry": "$19/mo (Starter; $9 first month)",
   "free": "Yes: Basic, 500 credits/mo, watermarked",
   "plans": "Basic $0; Starter $19/mo ($9 first month); Pro $89/mo ($49 first month); Enterprise custom",
   "features": "125–240+ stock AI avatars by plan, personal avatars (5 on Pro), dubbing, 140+ language translation on Enterprise",
   "affiliate": [
    "Synthesia partner program: referral partnerships (commission terms not published)",
    "https://www.synthesia.io/partners"
   ],
   "note": ""
  },
  {
   "id": "captions",
   "name": "Captions",
   "url": "https://www.captions.ai/",
   "pricing": "https://www.captions.ai/pricing",
   "entry": "$24.99/mo (Max)",
   "free": "Yes (Free tier, no AI credits)",
   "plans": "Max $24.99/mo (500 credits); Frontier $69.99 / $139.99 / $279.99 per mo (1,400 / 2,800 / 5,600 credits). iOS prices.",
   "features": "Auto captions in 100+ languages, AI edit, AI Twin, AI Skits, AI translate and lipdub, voice clone",
   "affiliate": null,
   "note": "An affiliate page exists at captions.ai/affiliate but its terms render in JavaScript and were not readable."
  },
  {
   "id": "fanvue",
   "name": "Fanvue",
   "url": "https://www.fanvue.com/",
   "pricing": null,
   "entry": null,
   "free": null,
   "plans": null,
   "features": "Subscriptions and paywalled content, payouts and checkout links, AI voice calls and voice notes, analytics, open API",
   "affiliate": null,
   "note": "18+ creator-subscription platform. Fees were not on any public page we could read. Listed for context only; no affiliate link, no persona links to it.",
   "caution": "18+ platform"
  }
 ],
 "excluded_tools": [
  [
   "Glambase",
   "https://glambase.app/",
   "Its public homepage features sexualized AI personas, which breaks our family-friendly policy. Not listed."
  ]
 ],
 "competitors": [
  [
   "Slopcore Bangers",
   "https://ai-banger-gems.lovable.app/",
   "Community-voted AI video charts (weekly, all-time, trending) with server-side votes. No sources, counts dated by us, or content policy."
  ],
  [
   "r/aivideo",
   "https://www.reddit.com/r/aivideo/",
   "The biggest AI video community. Great discovery, but unranked, unsourced and mixed-safety."
  ],
  [
   "The Last Ten Minutes: AI fails",
   "https://thelasttenminutes.com/",
   "An 18+ AI comedy club. Not family-friendly."
  ],
  [
   "Jump On The Trend",
   "https://jumponthetrend.app/",
   "Monthly AI trend explainers that sell templates. We use it as a lead source only."
  ],
  [
   "Crazy Frog AI / SlapClip trend pages",
   "https://crazyfrogai.io/crazy-frog-ai-trend",
   "Single-trend explainers selling generators. Lead sources only."
  ]
 ],
 "trend_sources": {
  "jot": [
   "Jump On The Trend: AI trends, October 2026",
   "https://jumponthetrend.app/trends/october-2026/"
  ],
  "cfa": [
   "Crazy Frog AI trend explained",
   "https://crazyfrogai.io/crazy-frog-ai-trend"
  ],
  "nbc": [
   "NBC News: AI Rumpelstiltskin meme (Oct 7, 2026)",
   "https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/ai-generated-rumpelstiltskin-meme-freaking-much-internet-rcna602132"
  ]
 }
}