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For better or worse, short-form video is here to stay, and YouTube is continuing to build out its TikTok rival. This time, however, the update isn’t designed to keep you interacting with shorts for longer — it’s to get you off the platform without wasting too much of your time. YouTube is adding a built-in timer to Shorts accessible via …

AI content has proliferated across the Internet over the past few years, but those early confabulations with mutated hands have evolved into synthetic images and videos that can be hard to differentiate from reality. Having helped to create this problem, Google has some responsibility to keep AI video in check on YouTube. To that end, the company has started rolling …

Starting today, creators in YouTube’s Partner Program are getting access to a new AI detection feature that will allow them to find and report unauthorized uploads using their likeness. As shown in this video from YouTube, after verifying their identity, creators can review flagged videos in the Content Detection tab on YouTube Studio. If a video looks like unauthorized, AI-generated …

YouTube revealed on Tuesday that its likeness-detection technology has officially rolled out to eligible creators in the YouTube Partner Program, following a pilot phase. The technology allows creators to request the removal of AI-generated content that uses their likeness. This is the first wave of the rollout, a YouTube spokesperson informed TechCrunch, adding that eligible creators received emails this morning. …

While some websites might try to test UI changes slowly quietly, there isn’t much chance of the likes of YouTube getting managing that. As one of the most familiar websites in the world, even the subtlest tweak can cause uproar. So it’s no surprise that changes to the platform’s video player itself have users up in arms. Rolled out this …

After months of testing, Google is finally rolling out a redesigned video player for YouTube, with its new aesthetic reaching across practically every platform you can imagine. It’s a big change, and thanks to YouTube’s virtual monopoly on traditional long-form video content, it’s something everyone’s bound to have feelings on. This new video player finally hit my Google account on …

For a moment, the 50-yard line at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, was the media capital of the world. As the San Francisco 49ers were warming up for a Sept. 21 game against the Arizona Cardinals, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell caught the eye of Neal Mohan. The YouTube CEO, flanked by a handful of his platform’s top creators, marched …

YouTube is the largest streaming platform, providing millions of hours of content to users all around the world. So, when there is a big change, you can bet you’re going to hear about it. The brand has announced through its YouTube Help community channel that a new visual update is rolling out, along with the addition of new features. A …

YouTube is adding AI hosts to radio and mixes in the YouTube Music app as part of a new test available through its new Labs program. The hosts are designed to “deepen your listening experience by sharing relevant stories, fan trivia, and fun commentary about your favorite music,” YouTube says in a blog post. If you want to see if …

YouTube’s Premium Family plan offers a nifty way of extending the joy of a paid subscription to others in your family, all while not breaking the bank. The $23/mo subscription allows you to add up to five family members to share your Premium subscription (including YouTube Music) with, albeit with some restrictions. Since 2023, at the very least, YouTube has …