{
  "id": 18495571,
  "title": "Kickstarter’s CEO is championing human creativity in a flood of AI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/kickstarters-ceo-is-championing-human-creativity-in-a-flood-of-ai",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-06T11:10:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fortune",
    "slug": "fortune",
    "url": "https://fortune.com/2026/11/06/kickstarter-ceo-everette-taylor-human-creativity-ai/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The CEO of Kickstarter, Everette Taylor, is championing human creativity in the face of the growing influence of artificial intelligence. In an industry where AI is both a catalyst and a challenge, Taylor sees it as a driving force that can lead more people to his platform, but also a threat that he is working to counter by emphasizing the importance of human connections.\n\nKickstarter, a crowdsourcing platform that has funded over 277,000 projects and created more than a million jobs since its launch in 2009, is hosting a special event in Times Square to showcase technology launched on its platform. However, Taylor argues that AI-generated content lacks the social network and backing that make a project successful. Data from a 2026 study shows that projects labeled with AI usage raised 40% less money and received almost a quarter fewer backers.\n\nDespite the rise of AI, Taylor remains committed to human creativity, launching a $1 million Kickstarter Culture Fund to support independent creators. He believes that the value of human-generated work and the human behind it cannot be replaced by technology. \"You go around Times Square and what do you see? Nothing but AI, AI, AI ads,\" Taylor said. \"But on our platform, backers seem to be voting the other way.\"",
  "summary": "Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}