THR editor-in-chief Maer Roshan, Michael Blaustein, Boman Martinez-Reid, Drew Afualo and Hasan Piker speak during The Hollywood Reporter Creators A-List Dinner presented by Facebook at Matsuhisa on Oct. 15 in Beverly Hills. Amy Sussman/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Get the phones out - timed to the release of The Hollywood Reporter's 50 Hottest Influencers on the Planet list, THR hosted its Creators A-List Dinner on Wednesday to celebrate the viral stars making waves both online and in the real world. The event, presented by Facebook and sponsored by Gersh and Blacklane, took over Beverly Hills hotspot Matsuhisa for a seated dinner of sushi staples, as creators including Drew Afualo, Hasan Piker, Boman Martinez-Reid, Michael Blaustein, Connor Wood, Noah Beck, David Dobrik, Zane Hijazi, Adam Waheed, Emma Brooks and Dhar Mann mixed, mingled and captured plenty of content. Related Stories TV Victoria Beckham Says She's Been "Fighting Those Preconceptions" of Being a Spice Girl for 20 Years: "I've Been so Defined by That Four-Year Period" Business How Hollywood Learned to Love Influencers THR editor-in-chief Maer Roshan, THR publisher Lori O'Connor and Gersh senior partner and head of digital Jade Sherman kicked off the night's programming with welcome remarks, followed by THR writer-at-large Peter Kiefer sitting down for a fireside chat with Meta's vp of product, Ime Archibong. Zane Hijazi and David Dobrik John Sciulli/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images With Archibong being introduced as Mark Zuckerberg's onetime jogging partner - a boss he later described as "intensely curious" - the exec pitched why, in a sea full of social media platforms, influencers should give some priority to their Facebook content. On top of Meta's global audience reaching 3 billion people a month, he told the room, "When they come to Facebook, there's an engagement that they have with real, authentic people that I think that anyone who is a community leader, for lack of better word, in addition to a creator, is really finding value in." Archibong also emphasized the fact that "y'all are getting paid" on the platform and "if how you actually want to monetize is through text or even video or photos, Facebook I think is probably one of the places right now where you can get paid for all those different formats and media types." Maria Cubeta (communications manager, Meta), Ime Archibong, (vp product, Meta), Andriana Ricchiuti, (creator partnerships, Meta) and THR's Peter Kiefer. Amy Sussman/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images The conversation later touched on AI - with Meta heavily investing in the space - as the exec declared, "It's an exciting time to be a builder," and adding that they are currently being guided by "this spirit of fun and play." One example of that came as Archibong explained, "AI is allowing you to upload content as of, what, two weeks ago, on both Facebook and Instagram and automatically translate those videos from English into Spanish, and because of AI, it'll look like your mouth is saying the right pronunciations and everything along those lines. So when you talk about connecting and really reaching your audience, that is one of the most powerful things I'm hoping that creators will see from this brand new capability." He also took a more positive outlook on the future of such technologies, noting, "I do think that with this particular wave, there has been enough of a conversation and attention around AI right now that you are seeing whether it's the biggest of big companies - the Metas, Microsofts, the Amazons, the Googles out there in the world - all the way to the smallest of the small entrepreneurs who are trying to tinker with this technology, who are thinking and designing with safety at the center of it." He added, "I think that we'll continue in the same way, like when we discovered fire, to put it to the best use." Adam Waheed with THR's Creators Issue. Amy Sussman/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images Roshan then returned to the stage to lead a panel on "The New Fame" with influencer-turned-podcaster Afualo, comedian Blaustein, Kardashian spoofer Martinez-Reid (aka Bomanizer) and political commentator Piker, that began with how to cut through the online noise. "I think my 'secret to success' is probably being very stubborn and being very consistent, both in my political commentary but also in my day-to-day activities," Piker explained. "I have a very regimented work-life balance that mostly leans on the side of doing work more than anything else, but I'm live seven days a week and for eight hours every single day on Twitch" - in the same breath warning, "It's not something that I think others should also follow through on because it's not very healthy." Blaustein, meanwhile,