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What is AI UGC? A plain explanation (and its real limits)

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10 years ago term "UGC" meant what it says. A user generated some content. Somebody bought your thing, filmed themselves using it, and posted it because they felt like it. Today UGC is a format, not a source. Brands started paying creators to make it precisely because it didn't look paid for. Which…

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