The creator economy is taking center stage.<\/p>\n
Forbes unveiled its Top Creators 2026 list<\/a> today, and for the first time, the 50 most powerful influencers collectively brought in over a billion dollars\u2014an 80% surge from when the list debuted in 2022. At the top of the list is MrBeast, aka Jimmy Donaldson, whose earnings total $300 million.<\/p>\n These out-of-the-box entertainers continue to expand their brands and empires, like YouTuber Dhar Mann, who recently signed a deal with Fox Entertainment to produce vertical dramas. \u201cThe greatest thing that happened to me was that I had no traditional studio or filmmaking experience,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n This is a published version of the Forbes Daily newsletter, you can sign-up to get Forbes Daily in your inbox here<\/a>. <\/a>First UpSpaceX\u2019s selloff stretched<\/a> into a third day Monday, wiping out all of its growth following a record-setting IPO and tanking Elon Musk\u2019s fortune by more than $300 billion.President Donald Trump claimed that Iran<\/a> agreed to resume allowing international nuclear inspectors into the country, but Iran denied making any new commitments.Global markets and U.S. futures slumped early on Tuesday<\/a>, led by a major selloff in tech and chip stocks amid concerns about the recent AI-driven stock rally and potential high U.S. interest rates.Business + Finance<\/p>\n Getty Images inked a deal with OpenAI.<\/p>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n Shares of Getty Images surged 90% Monday after the company announced a deal with OpenAI<\/a> to integrate its digital image libraries into ChatGPT, despite previously suing Stability AI for alleged copyright infringement. ChatGPT will be able to use Getty\u2019s vast image archive to generate visual responses, though it\u2019s unclear whether the chatbot will be able to alter its images in any way.<\/p>\n SpaceX received the lowest possible<\/a> environmental, social and governance rating from research firm MSCI, which said the company lagged its industry because of its exposure to \u201csignificant\u201d risks. The rocket maker earned the same score as Russia, and has faced scrutiny in recent years over workplace safety, labor disputes, and allegations of employee discrimination and retaliation.<\/p>\n Money + Politics <\/p>\n A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from expanding the use of a database<\/a> with Americans\u2019 private information, including Social Security numbers, saying it \u201ctrampled on the privacy rights of American citizens.\u201d The judge ruled that the administration must stop using the database to confirm people\u2019s eligibility to vote with state governments, as it has caused eligible voters to be improperly removed from voter rolls ahead of the November midterm elections.<\/p>\n The Senate overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan housing bill<\/a> Monday evening that includes restrictions on institutional investors that already own at least 350 homes from buying any more. The bill also includes a range of reforms aimed at making it easier to build new homes, and Politico reported that the House will try to fast-track approval beginning Tuesday.<\/p>\n Trends + Explainers<\/p>\n Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan speaks to students at Syracuse University in 1997.<\/p>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n Longtime Federal Reserve Chair and economist Alan Greenspan died on Monday at age 100, and Forbes has republished a piece from October 2005<\/a>, just prior to the end of his term, from financial historian James Grant. Though Greenspan was revered among Wall Streeters at the time, Grant\u2019s critical review of Greenspan\u2019s legacy warned of the imbalances and bubbles that were forming in equities and debt\u2014years before the Great Recession that was to come.<\/p>\n Daily Cover StoryAI Slop Is Transforming YouTube. Its CEO Wants To Keep It Human<\/a><\/p>\n YouTube CEO Neal Mohan<\/p>\n Youtube<\/p>\n YouTube is the indisputable king of online video. With 2.7 billion users, it\u2019s also hooked into one of the biggest, most important AI companies in the world: Google. <\/p>\n That makes its arch-rival OpenAI\u2019s decision to shut down Sora, the popular app for creating AI-generated video clips, something of a blessing for a business navigating the rapidly shifting AI landscape. One less rival\u2014YouTube Shorts released its own version of Sora\u2019s most viral feature in April, which lets users create digital avatars of themselves\u2014but also a harbinger of how fraught it is to generate, host and share AI videos.<\/p>\n For more than a decade, YouTube has faced its fair share of scourges, including accusations of radicalizing users or harming their mental well-being. But AI is a radically different challenge. It has the power to transform the site completely, from how people make content to what they consume. CEO Neal Mohan doesn\u2019t downplay it. \u201cThis is a profound paradigm shift, and the technology is going to dramatically change how things are done,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n The AI explosion, first and foremost, means more content\u2014and more money for YouTube\u2019s $60 billion annual revenue business. At the same time, AI means spammers flooding the zone with unbelievable efficiency. <\/p>\n The company has a treacherous tightrope to balance\u2014allowing AI to give it the glut of content that serves as its lifeblood, while preserving the human authenticity that\u2019s made it one of the most popular sites in the world since it launched in 2005.<\/p>\n WHY IT MATTERS \u201cAs the world\u2019s largest video site, how YouTube deals with AI will be an important litmus test for the industry,\u201d says Forbes senior writer Richard Nieva. \u201cPolicing AI slop among the estimated 29 billion video in its corpus will be no easy task. Unlike some of its other rival tech platforms, YouTube has a trickier job because it has so many disparate stakeholders, including parent company Google, creators, publishers, studios and its 2.7 billion users.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE The OpenAI Graveyard: All The Deals And Products That Haven\u2019t Happened<\/a><\/p>\n Facts + Comments<\/p>\n A number of California gas station owners used an AI tool<\/a> developed by a company called Kalibrate to artificially inflate prices, a new lawsuit alleges. The suit identifies gas stations maintained by companies like Walmart, Speedway and Albertsons:<\/p>\n As much as 30 cents: How much more gas prices could artificially rise per gallon in areas where a large number of gas stations use Kalibrate, according to the suit<\/p>\n 1,732: The number of gas stations identified in the lawsuit<\/p>\n $5.52 per gallon: The average price for gasoline in California as of Monday, according to data from GasBuddy, the highest of any state in the U.S.<\/p>\n Strategy + Success<\/p>\n As workplace leaders focus on the skills that can\u2019t be replaced by AI, Forbes\u2019 staff writer Courtney Connley-Hampton decided to take a popular personality test<\/a> called DISC. Rather than just your personality, it focuses on behavioral patterns, measuring your behavioral style across four dimensions: dominance, influence, steadiness and conscientiousness. Though it\u2019s a decades-old test, experts say it can help you better understand how you process information\u2014and more importantly, any potential weaknesses to work on.<\/p>\n Quiz<\/p>\n Amazon abruptly dropped a reportedly unflattering biopic that had been in the works about a major tech executive, and other big-name distributors are said to have passed on it. Which executive is the movie about?<\/p>\n A. Sundar Pichai<\/p>\n B. Tim Cook<\/p>\n C. Sam Altman<\/p>\n D. Jensen Huang<\/p>\n