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Google is sending MrBeast into the wilderness, armed with AI

Google has announced a multi-year partnership with YouTube creator Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson, whose channel was the first to reach 500 million subscribers, to promote Gemini, Google Health, and the Fitbit Air in upcoming videos. The first video, premiering September 5, will feature teams racing through jungle, desert, and Arctic environments using Gemini for survival guidance. The deal follows Bloomberg's report that YouTube is offering creators millions to keep content exclusive amid competition from Netflix.

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Google is sending MrBeast into the wilderness, armed with AI
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MrBeast will feature Gemini, Google Health, and the Fitbit Air in upcoming videos as part of a multi-year partnership with Google. The deal will kick off with a video featuring Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson turning to Gemini for wilderness survival advice:

One of YouTube’s biggest creators has a new deal to promote Gemini and Google Health.

One of YouTube’s biggest creators has a new deal to promote Gemini and Google Health.

First up on September 5 is a new MrBeast video following Jimmy and his crew as they attempt to survive some of the most extreme and treacherous climates on Earth. Teams will race to navigate three of the planet’s most unforgiving landscapes — the jungle, the desert, and the Arctic — using Gemini to help them identify dangers, survive brutal weather changes, and stay one step ahead.

Google says Donaldson will also use a Fitbit Air in one of his upcoming challenges and appear in a Gemini campaign from Google. The deal comes a couple of months after Donaldson’s YouTube channel became the first to hit 500 million subscribers, and a recent Bloomberg report saying YouTube has been offering prominent creators deals to keep their content exclusive to its site as more creators

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