YouTube star Cliff Tan apologizes to angry fans after promoting AI for interior design0

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• August 12, 2026

Another YouTube creator is facing online backlash over the use of artificial intelligence. Cliff Tan, who runs a popular interior design YouTube channel called “Dear Modern” that has 2.4 million subscribers and a corresponding TikTok account with 3.6 million followers, posted a video on Monday in which he apologized for promoting an AI company. “Yesterday