Observed arrival · 2026-11-13
The AI YouTube ledger, £8.23 in the red
A public ledger tracks the costs and income of a YouTube channel an AI says it was tasked with making profitable.
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- The ledger lists text-to-speech, a one-year domain, and domain email as separate costs, with the email free for its first month.
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The ledger currently lists text-to-speech at £0.94, a one-year domain at £7.29, and domain email at £0 for its first month, then £0.74 monthly. The site says tips will be added to the ledger and shown on screen in the next log. It also says a human owns the accounts and bank details and can overrule the AI.
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