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YouTube's newest Premium perk: more AI clutter

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-24 19:59:44

YouTube is getting an injection of Google’s AI-assisted search functionality in the shape of a new carousel feature. In a blog post, YouTube said the AI-generated carousel is currently exclusive to its Premium members in the US. It might appear (it seemingly won’t happen every time) when you search for "queries related to shopping, place, or things to do in a specific location" in the YouTube app on your phone. This carousel pulls in a series of relevant videos that play in order from left to r

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YouTube adds an AI Overviews-like search results carousel

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-08-24 23:08:38

YouTube is rolling out new AI-powered features to help users find content and information more easily, the company announced on Thursday. The platform is launching an AI-powered search results carousel similar to Google’s AI Overviews and is also testing conversational AI with more users. The new AI-powered search results carousel, available only to YouTube Premium users in the United States, will suggest videos and display brief AI-generated topic descriptions to help users find what they’re l

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YouTube is introducing a new age restriction next month

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-26 07:47:08

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube will raise the minimum age to livestream from 13 to 16 starting July 22. 13–15-year-olds can still appear in streams, but only with an adult visibly present. Live chat may be disabled or streams removed if underage users appear alone. Back in February, Google announced it would start using machine learning to estimate users’ real ages on YouTube, aiming to catch people who lie about their date of birth. The platform now looks to tightening th

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YouTube will increase the minimum age for live streaming to 16

engadget.com Unknown 2025-08-26 23:33:15

YouTube is increasing the minimum age required for its users to live stream to 16. In a message uploaded to the YouTube Help support page , it was confirmed that as of July 22, creators will need to be 16 or older to stream unaccompanied on the platform. Previously, YouTube stipulated that children under the age of 13 had to be visibly accompanied by an adult if they wanted to post live content, but going forward this rule will extend to anyone between anyone aged 13-15. YouTube warns that anyo

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This Gemini feature in the YouTube app convinced me to finally ditch the Google Assistant

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-28 00:00:47

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority Ever since Google announced that it would begin phasing out its Assistant for Gemini as the default voice assistant, I have found myself struggling to pick between the two. On one hand, I like the familiarity and reliability of the Assistant but on the other, Gemini is the only one still getting new features. The latter is exactly what finally pushed me to start using Gemini more seriously — despite the occasional hiccup and hallucination. In particular, I’ve

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YouTube Music solves the offline lyrics problem that Apple Music and Spotify still haven’t

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-29 11:59:02

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube Music is rolling out support for offline lyrics. The feature lets users access lyrics for downloaded songs while offline. Reports suggest the feature is rolling out to YouTube Music on Android but is not yet available on iOS. YouTube Music rolled out a new lyrics sharing feature earlier this month, which lets users easily create shareable images featuring up to five lines from their favorite songs. But that isn’t the only new lyrics-related upgrad

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YouTube Will Add an AI Slop Button Thanks to Google’s Veo 3

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-09-01 04:00:28

I told you that AI slop was coming for your YouTube content, and did you believe me? I don’t know, maybe you did, but if you didn’t believe before, you certainly will now. According to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, who gave a keynote at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity on Wednesday, YouTube is getting a new tool that generates Shorts from “scratch.” By scratch, I mean with the help of Google’s recently unveiled Veo 3 AI generator. That’s right, a one-stop shop for AI slop is incom

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YouTube's new anti-adblock measures

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-02 11:01:35

Over the past few months, YouTube has been trying another round of anti-adblock measures. Currently the anti-adblock stuff is being A/B tested, and one of my accounts is in the experimental group. I wrote a filter that partially avoids one of the anti-adblock measures, fake buffering, on uBlock Origin (and Brave browser, since it uses the same filter rules). (It’s already in the default filter lists, you don’t need to manually add the filter.) One thing that people have ran into is “fake buffer

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YouTube is hiding an excellent, official high-speed Pac-Man mod in plain sight

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-02 11:01:24

The original Pac-Man is unquestionably a video game classic, well deserving of its position in the inaugural class of the Strong Museum of Play's World Video Game Hall of Fame. But playing the unmodified 1980 release these days can feel a little slow-paced and repetitive, given advancements in game design and taste in the intervening decades. So when I noticed a game called Pac-Man Superfast sitting under a "YouTube Playables" heading on Google's popular video site the other day, my first thoug

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YouTube creators unaware Google uses their videos to train AI

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-09-03 03:44:00

A hot potato: When it comes to tech companies training their AI models, it seems everything is fair game. Google, for example, uses some of the billions of videos on YouTube to train Gemini and Veo 3, and many creators are unaware that it's happening. With more than 20 billion videos on the platform, YouTube is a treasure trove of data for AI companies to exploit – and many already have. YouTube owner Google is also using the content to train its AI models, reports CNBC. The company later conf

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YouTube Shorts is about to look a little more like Instagram Reels

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-04 19:19:50

Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube Shorts now lets creators place product stickers on their videos. Tapping on the sticker will redirect the viewer to the retailer’s website for that product. Viewers can see the full list of products the creator tagged by tapping on the down arrow. You may see something new on the screen the next time you watch a YouTube Shorts video. The platform is giving creators a new tool to get you to buy the products they’re advertising. If you make or watch

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Creators say they didn't know Google uses YouTube to train AI

cnbc.com Zach Vallese 2025-09-04 23:12:37

Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo. Google is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train its artificial intelligence models, including Gemini and the Veo 3 video and audio generator, CNBC has learned. The tech company is turning to its catalog of 20 billion YouTube videos to train these new-age AI tools, according to a person who was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. Google confirmed to CNBC that i

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Google is using YouTube videos to train its AI video generator

news.ycombinator.com Zach Vallese 2025-09-04 22:44:00

Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo. Google is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train its artificial intelligence models, including Gemini and the Veo 3 video and audio generator, CNBC has learned. The tech company is turning to its catalog of 20 billion YouTube videos to train these new-age AI tools, according to a person who was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. Google confirmed to CNBC that i

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Google is using YouTube videos to train its AI video generator

cnbc.com Zach Vallese 2025-09-05 03:31:19

Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo. Google is using its expansive library of YouTube videos to train its artificial intelligence models, including Gemini and the Veo 3 video and audio generator, CNBC has learned. The tech company is turning to its catalog of 20 billion YouTube videos to train these new-age AI tools, according to a person who was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter. Google confirmed to CNBC that i

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Get ready for a lot more AI slop invading your YouTube Shorts

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-06 15:16:38

Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR Google plans to integrate Veo 3 into YouTube Shorts later this summer. Creators will be able to use the AI video generator to create clips. Despite competition from TikTok, YouTube Shorts is growing fast. According to YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, the format is now averaging over 200 billion views per day. In the coming months, Shorts will get an AI feature that could accelerate its growth even further. Mohan, who appeared at the 2025 Cannes Lions International

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Google’s frighteningly good Veo 3 AI videos to be integrated with YouTube Shorts

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-06 11:17:45

Even in the age of TikTok, YouTube viewership continues to climb. While Google's iconic video streaming platform has traditionally pushed creators to produce longer videos that can accommodate more ads, the site's Shorts format is growing fast. That growth may explode in the coming months, as YouTube CEO Neal Mohan has announced that the Google Veo 3 AI video generator will be integrated with YouTube Shorts later this summer. According to Mohan, YouTube Shorts has seen a rise in popularity even

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YouTube is plugging Veo 3 AI videos directly into Shorts

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-09-06 23:35:35

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. YouTube is bringing its Veo 3 AI video generation model, which my colleague Allison Johnson recently called “a slop monger’s dream,” to YouTube Shorts later this summer, according to a Cannes Lions keynote from YouTube CEO Neal Mohan. Shorts creators can already take advantage of the previous-generation Veo 2 model to generate backgrounds with Dream Screen as well as standalo

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YouTube Music’s new lyrics sharing feature is finally reaching more users

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-07 07:21:08

Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube Music’s new lyrics sharing feature is now available widely on Android and iOS. You can use it to share up to five lines from a song in a custom image. The feature is live in YouTube Music version 8.24 and appears as a new “Share” button in the Lyrics tab. YouTube Music has been working on a new feature to help users easily share song lyrics for quite a while. We first spotted references to the feature in a teardown this January, and YouTube Music b

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Google is adding the Veo 3 video generator to YouTube to slopify Shorts

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-07 11:53:39

Google will integrate the Veo 3 video generation tool into YouTube Shorts later this summer. This was revealed by YouTube CEO Neal Mohan at a keynote during the Cannes Lions film festival that was transcribed by The Hollywood Reporter . This means that creators will be able to whip up endless clips via prompts, as Mohan said "the possibilities with AI are limitless." He went on to opine that "anyone with a story to share can turn their dream into a career" and "anyone with a voice can bring peo

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YouTube launches new Shopping product stickers for Shorts

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-09-07 11:19:39

YouTube is updating the Shopping experience for Shorts, the company announced on Wednesday. The platform is launching new Shopping product stickers to make it easy for viewers to know that the products being used in the Short are shoppable. The new stickers could be a way for creators to increase their earnings. During its testing last month, YouTube found that Shorts with Shopping product stickers saw over 40% more clicks on products than Shorts with the Shopping button, it said. Previously,

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YouTube fixes crashing issue on mobile apps, tells iOS users to reinstall

9to5mac.com Will Sattelberg 2025-09-07 15:15:59

If you’ve recently been experiencing YouTube crashes on your smartphone, Google has a fix in store — though iOS users might need to do a little more than update. Yesterday, several complaints surfaced on r/YouTube pointing towards issues with YouTube on both Android and iOS devices. Viewers complained of app crashes, video playback errors, and general unresponsiveness. Google confirmed it was aware of these issues in a forum post, recommending users delete and reinstall the app from either the

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Check your YouTube TV account now to apply this $10 monthly discount

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-09 02:09:37

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube TV is offering many users a $10 discount, but you have to know where to find it. Subscribers should check their plan settings in the service’s web dashboard for the offer. Eligible accounts can save $10 a month for the next six months. It’s entirely possible to go your whole life being a Google user and still never pay the company a dime. Of course, Google offers plenty of opportunities to upgrade your experience for a small (or not so small)

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YouTube relaxes moderation rules to allow more controversial content

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-09-16 01:56:00

Why it matters: Don't be surprised to see more controversial videos on YouTube. Much like Meta, the platform has relaxed its moderation policies, allowing content that violates the usual rules if it is deemed to be in the "public interest." The Google-owned site has provided moderators with new guidelines and training on how to deal with inflammatory content that breaks YouTube's code of conduct, writes The New York Times. Reviewers have been told not to remove anything considered to be in the

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The Viral Storm Streamers Predicting Deadly Tornadoes—Sometimes Faster Than the Government

wired.com Hilary Beaumont 2025-09-16 23:30:00

At 10:44 pm Eastern time on May 16, Ryan Hall spotted a blue square on his radar indicating debris flying into the air and realized a huge tornado was racing toward Somerset, Kentucky. “We’ve been watching this storm for a while, we’ve been hootin’ and hollerin’ for a while, hopefully the message has gotten out there and we know to be in our safe spots,” Hall warned his YouTube audience in a calm voice with a Southern twang. A silver robot with blue eyes popped onto the screen to tell Hall tha

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YouTube Premium Lite set to launch in the US, offering a cheaper ad-free experience

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-06-02 03:13:00

Something to look forward to: It's been almost four years since YouTube piloted a more affordable version of its premium subscription service in some European countries, but it was axed in 2023. Now, it seems YouTube is preparing to bring back Premium Lite – including in the US – which will remove ads from most uploaded videos. According to a source familiar with the plans who spoke to Bloomberg, YouTube's Premium Lite tier will be announced soon in the US, Australia, Germany, and Thailand. La

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YouTube May Finally Offer a Cheaper Way to Get Rid of Ads

gizmodo.com Kyle Barr 2025-06-02 03:30:08

Folk who want to watch their multi-hour-long YouTube documentaries without an ad break every few minutes may finally have a cheaper way to do it. The Alphabet-owned streaming service has long been testing a cheaper ad-less subscription tier called YouTube Premium Lite. If the latest reports can be believed, it may come to fruition in 2025, though it probably won’t offer all the perks of the $14-a-month Premium subscription. The last time we heard about Premium Lite was in October last year. You

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Google’s cheaper YouTube Premium Lite subscription will drop Music

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-06-02 05:45:11

YouTube dominates online video, but it's absolutely crammed full of ads these days. A YouTube Premium subscription takes care of that, but ad blockers do exist. Google seems to have gotten the message—a cheaper streaming subscription is on the way that drops YouTube Music from the plan. You may have to give up more than music to get the cheaper rate, though. Google started testing cheaper YouTube subscriptions in a few international markets, including Germany and Australia, over the past year.

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YouTube reportedly launching new ‘premium lite’ tier soon

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-06-02 03:40:11

In Brief YouTube is close to announcing a new lower-priced “premium lite” version of its subscription service, Bloomberg reports. The new tier is expected to launch in the United States, Australia, Germany, and Thailand “soon.” The tier will give users access to YouTube’s library of podcasts and how-to clips without ads, Bloomberg notes. Premium lite will be targeted toward viewers who mainly want to watch videos other than music videos. It’s unknown how much the tier will cost. While the pre

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Google may be close to launching YouTube Premium Lite

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-06-01 23:42:33

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. YouTube is about to officially launch a cheaper, “premium lite” version of its subscription service in the US, Australia, Germany and Thailand, according to Bloomberg. This new tier will “target viewers who primarily want to watch programs other than music videos,” Bloomberg says. The publication didn’t say what the price might be. YouTube piloted a no-ads version of a tier c

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YouTube Premium Lite is coming to the US for the first time, but there’s a catch for music lovers

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-06-02 03:47:33

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube plans to launch a “Premium Lite” plan. This plan will allow users to watch videos, except for music videos, without ads. Premium Lite will be announced soon for the US, Australia, Germany, and Thailand. Late last year, there were reports of users seeing offers to subscribe to YouTube Premium Lite, a cheaper alternative to Premium that ended in 2023. At the time, a spokesperson for Google told Android Authority that the company was “testing a

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YouTube is introducing a new age restriction next month

YouTube will increase the minimum age for live streaming to 16

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Google is using YouTube videos to train its AI video generator

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YouTube is plugging Veo 3 AI videos directly into Shorts

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Google may be close to launching YouTube Premium Lite

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