Back in September, Google introduced Bard Extensions and the one for YouTube can now understand what’s happening in a video. Google yesterday said it’s “taking the first steps in Bard’s ability to understand YouTube videos.” Bard can specifically “understand some video content so you can have a richer conversation” about it. For example, if you’re…
La inteligencia artificial (IA) se entrelaza cada vez más con nuestra vida diaria y pensando en ello YouTube ha creado un sistema para proteger a los creadores de contenido. La plataforma de videos más grande del mundo ha anunciado que es obligación de los creadores informar cuando un video ha sido generado con ayuda de…
YouTube is updating its policies on AI-generated content. Although there are existing policies set in place to address the harm that AI content might bring, viewers might still not realize that the video is “altered or is synthetically created,” according to YouTube. New disclosure requirements for AI-generated content YouTube will now require creators to disclose…
As international YouTube Premium increases get underway, Google is making official a handful of features for the subscription. After launching on iOS, the 1080p Premium “Enhanced bitrate” is now official for Android, smart TVs, and the web. YouTube says it is “enabled automatically based on your connection and viewing settings,” or you can find it…
YouTube acaba de anunciar su primera serie de experimentos musicales impulsados por la inteligencia artificial (IA) en colaboración con Google DeepMind. La plataforma ha dado a conocer Dream Track para YouTube Shorts y nuevas herramientas de IA para música, ampliando así las funcionalidades que ya se adelantaron en septiembre, como fondos generados por la inteligencia…
Twitch has announced that after just a few months, it’s deprecating its monetization feature, Hype Chat. Twitch launched Hype Chat five months ago and it allowed viewers to pay so their messages would be featured at the top of chat. Users could spend anywhere between $1 to $500; the more a user would pay, the…
Last month, Geoff Glaab was waiting at a stop light in Louisville, Kentucky when he saw a driver two lanes over watching a Youtube video about tearing down a car engine. Glaab could hear the audio clearly because the driver had the volume very high. While the driver was at the light, Glaab could see…
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Today we have a look at how YouTube’s new AI rules will (and will not) affect podcasting, another late-night host ditching TV for audio, and a bunch of your recs on podcasts covering the Israel-Hamas war. What do YouTube’s new AI…
In what seems to be a test, YouTube is testing a new button that lets you start playing random videos on your phone or tablet. The power of YouTube lies not only in its absolutely gigantic collection of the web’s content, but also in its recommendation engine. But, for users who just want to get…
YouTube has been working on different AI tools since September, a number of which are useful for content creators. Now, the platform is adding an AI-powered feature, a conversational chatbot that gives users more information on the content they’re watching. Image courtesy: YouTube According to Google, the AI conversational tool “lets you get answers to…
After four (!!) months, the SAG-AFTRA strike has ended. There is a lot to unpack about the contract, but I will let the showbiz experts (read: not me) handle that. For our purposes, there are a few key ways podcasting is affected. The most immediate impact will be on the rewatch podcasts, which can finally…
Launching later this month, individual YouTube channels will start showing a new “For You” tab which recommends videos on a channel for viewers based on their watch history. Announced on YouTube’s official Twitter/X account today, the “For You” row on YouTube channels will leverage the already-powerful recommendation engine of YouTube and keep the focus on…
The most subscribed individual on YouTube, Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, is a known content creator and philanthropist. His newest video on the platform, entitled “I Built 100 Wells in Africa,” is a project under Beast Philanthropy that aims to provide clean water for 500,000 people in Cameroon, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda and Zimbabwe. The campaign for…
YouTube is debuting a new For You section for creators’ channels, personalized to whoever opens the page. It will start showing up on November 20th, according to a post from YouTube’s support account, which says the section will recommend “a mix of content from your channel to viewers based on their watch history.” Creators can…