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28 Sep

NotebookLM can now summarize YouTube videos

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You can now upload YouTube videos and audio files to NotebookLM, an AI-powered summarizing tool for education and research. The update means Google's Gemini 1.5 Pro-powered virtual assistant can now handle Google Docs, PDFs, text files, Google Slides, YouTube video URLs, audio files and web pages. This expands NotebookLM's potential sources to include lecture recordings, informative YouTube content and group discussions. Google claims that it securely stores all information uploaded to NoteBookLM and does not use it to train AI.Google launched the virtual research assistant in the summer of 2023 and upgraded it to run on Gemini 1.5 Pro this…

27 Sep

Chat Podcasts Rule the Market—and Always Will

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Nearly every survey of the podcast industry in 2024 agrees on one point: Chat podcasts are king. As video rises in popularity (33 percent of US podcast listeners prefer to consume this way), ad spending increases (estimated to top $4 billion worldwide), and listenership steadily grows (8 percent year-over-year), it is the chat format—in its combative, enlightening, and sometimes quite unserious splendor—that continually draws people in.The ecosystem is profuse and unpredictable. There are the mainstays that have become fixtures of culture: The Joe Rogan Experience, Armchair Expert, and The Read. Newer fare like I’ve Had It and ShxtsnGigs (more on…

19 Sep

YouTube is now showing ads when you pause videos

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Google has found another way to turn your eyeballs into money: by turning paused YouTube videos into a new real estate for ads. A YouTube communications manager told they’ve seen “strong advertiser and strong reviewer responses” since they “rolled out Pause ads to all advertisers.”YouTube first started looking at using ads on pause screens in 2023 with select advertisers. Google’s chief business officer announced last April that advertisers loved the new ad concept. YouTube’s viewers aren’t as enthusiastic about the idea.Reddit users posted of the new pause screen ads and to say they with the ads is the understatement of…

18 Sep

Five features that caught our eye from today’s YouTube livestream

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YouTube’s creator-focused , Made On YouTube, is here again, and there's plenty to talk about. From more AI integration to Communities, YouTube seems to be gearing up to compete against rivals like TikTok and Netflix. Here are five things that genuinely interested us among the deluge of updates and new features.YouTube is introducing the system, which lets viewers “go beyond” liking and sharing a video. The idea is to allow fans to give more visibility to smaller — so hyping is only allowed for videos from creators under 500,000 subscribers, and only on videos under a week old. Content with…

18 Sep

An Avalanche of Generative AI Videos Is Coming to YouTube Shorts

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Eli Collins, a vice president of product management at Google DeepMind, first demoed generative AI video tools for the company’s board of directors back in 2022. Despite the model’s slow speed, pricey cost to operate, and sometimes off-kilter outputs, he says it was an eye-opening moment for them to see fresh video clips generated from a random prompt.Now, just a few years later, Google has announced plans for a tool inside of the YouTube app that will allow anyone to generate AI video clips, using the company’s Veo model, and directly post them as part of YouTube Shorts. “Looking forward…

13 Sep

Reddit’s ‘Celebrity Number Six’ Win Was Almost a Catastrophe—Thanks to AI

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Take, for example, the other recently solved internet mystery: The source of the song that became known as “Everyone Knows That.” After nearly three years of online investigative work, a pair of Redditors found the song—titled “Ulterior Motives”—after hearing a similar song in an adult movie clip on YouTube and watching literal hours of porn that had possibly been scored by the songwriters credited on that clip.During the hunt there had been speculation that the song was AI-generated or part of some stunt. If the detectives had gotten too distracted by that, or if someone had tried to use AI…

08 Sep

YouTube terminates five right-wing channels linked to the DOJ’s Russia indictments

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YouTube confirmed its termination of five right-wing political channels believed to be connected to the Department of Justice’s Russia-linked US media indictments this week. The platform pulled the channel of Tenet Media, which CNN reported to be the unnamed company implicated in the indictment. The DOJ accused Russian operatives of paying the media organization to spread disinformation designed to influence the 2024 US elections.A YouTube spokesperson confirmed the takedown and provided a statement to Engadget. “Following an indictment from the US Department of Justice and after careful review, we are terminating the Tenet Media channel and four channels operated by…

07 Sep

YouTubers built a six foot tall working replica of Apple’s iPhone 15 Pro Max

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Building just one smartphone from scratch would be a huge undertaking, even if the world is full of them. Now imagine trying to build one that’s 100 times its normal size with nearly all the same forms and functions.YouTubers Matthew Perkins () and Arun Maini () did exactly that, building a working replica of an . The completed project measured 6.74 feet tall and 440 pounds, earning the pair .Perkins started his build with the screen, a massive undertaking that required converting a into a responsive touchscreen. He commissioned a manufacturer to fabricate a piece of touch foil the size…

05 Sep

YouTube is making tools to detect face and voice deepfakes

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YouTube is developing new tools to protect artists and creators from the unauthorized use of their likenesses. The company said on Thursday that new tech to detect AI-generated content using a person’s face or singing voice is in the pipeline, with pilot programs starting early next year.The upcoming face-detection tech will allegedly let people from various industries “detect and manage” content that uses an AI-generated depiction of their face. YouTube says it’s building the tools to allow creators, actors, musicians and athletes to find and choose what to do about videos that include a deepfake version of their likeness. The…

05 Sep

YouTube will limit fitness and weight video recommendations to European teens

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YouTube has introduced additional safeguards for teens on its website, which includes limiting the content they see that could lead them to form negative beliefs about themselves. As the Google-owned video sharing platform explains, teenagers are more likely to be critical of themselves if they see repeated messages about ideal social standards. In response, YouTube is now limiting repeated recommendations of videos featuring specific fitness levels or body weights, as well as those that display "social aggression in the form of non-contact fights and intimidation" for European users. As The Guardian notes, this rule is already being enforced in the…