内容摘要："It was the best way to be humbled, and it really kept me grounded from year one."

"It was the best way to be humbled, and it really kept me grounded from year one."

The advancement of AI, he says, gives him more time to accurately analyse data and communicate it to his followers. It will also allow him to expand to an Australia-wide operation.Yet there is money to be made in the world of weather influencing. Colorado-based Andrew Markowitz has a meteorology degree and works full-time for an energy company, but also has 135,000 followers on a TikTok weather page.

Through a combination of live stream donations, sponsorships, brand deals, and TikTok's Creativity Program which helps creators monetise their content, Mr Markowitz says he can earn up to thousands of dollars a month."It's definitely not enough to quit my job, nor would I want to. I just treat it as fun money on the side, which I usually spend on travels," says Mr Markowitz.Back in Australia, Mr Brown says he would like to retire from teaching, and have more time to focus on Wally's Weather, and to spend with his grandchildren, but acknowledges that this is a while away. But what he doesn't want is to be the face of the page - something he's so far avoided.

"I don't go out of my way to reveal who I am, because I like to be able to walk down the street and not be harassed. I've been interviewed on the radio before, and then walked past the person, and they had no idea it was me," says Mr Brown."Sometimes I can stand in line and hear people talking about the page, and they have no idea that I'm right there. It all adds to the fun."

It's likely that you have not heard of Taiwan's Hong Fu Industrial Group, but look down on a busy street and you may well see its products.

Hong Fu is the world's second-biggest maker of trainers (sneakers) supplying shoes to Nike, Converse, Adidas, Puma and many others. It makes around 200 million pairs of sports shoes a year.Sebastian Lawson, head of innovation at Digital Jersey, said he hoped people would use new technology to improve their output.

He said artists could "still create better images than you or I could create because they've got that creative insight".He added: "Across the board, you're seeing image generation is becoming quite powerful and useful."

A UK government spokesperson said it wanted the creative industries and AI companies to "flourish, which is why we're consulting on a package of measures that we hope will work for both sectors".They added "no changes" to copyright laws would be "considered unless we are completely satisfied they work for creators".