MINI TECH SCROLL: YouTube AI-enhancement drama, AI environmental footprint revealed + Ironmouse named as top creator

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The biggest tech news & social media trends on the internet from August 27th, 2025.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro 

1:14 Is YouTube using AI enhancements on already-uploaded content?

5:38 Google reveals AI’s environmental impact 

12:54 V-Tuber Ironmouse is one of Rolling Stone’s Top 25 influential creators 

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Sources: 

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.15734 

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/infrastructure/measuring-the-environmental-impact-of-ai-inference 

https://zenodo.org/records/7855594 

https://theconversation.com/ais-excessive-water-consumption-threatens-to-drown-out-its-environmental-contributions-225854 

https://www.theverge.com/report/763080/google-ai-gemini-water-energy-emissions-study

https://www-technologyreview-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/21/1122288/google-gemini-ai-energy/amp/  

https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/ai-footprint-august-2025 

https://bsky.app/profile/emilymbender.bsky.social/post/3lwwarf472p2n 

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/08/youtube-shorts-ai-upscaling/683946/ 

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250822-youtube-is-using-ai-to-edit-videos-without-permission 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86nhP8tvbLY 

https://cloud.google.com/learn/artificial-intelligence-vs-machine-learning?hl=en#how-are-ai-and-ml-connected 

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/top-social-media-influencers-creators-2025-1235413251/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwLbGcUMy6g