News & Reviews:   YouTube

If you frequently use YouTube, this news might upset you. Recently, YouTube released an update that allows it to play ads alongside paused videos. So, what should you know about it?

YouTube launched a new supervision feature that allows parents and guardians to link their accounts to children's accounts through the Family Center hub. Launching globally this week, the Family Center hub lets parents see activity on kids' channels. That includes the number of uploads, subscriptions and comments.

In June, YouTube reportedly added support for the sleep timer feature. In the latest development, the feature is now available as a trial and accessible to YouTube Premium users. So, what should you know about it?

If there's one bad thing about the AI revolution, it's the privacy concerns that arise with training AI models. What data is being used to train these models and where is it from? Well, it seems some companies have been sneaky with sourcing their training data.

Often, we hear a new song or recall old ones without knowing the title. That's usually not a problem if it's played on the radio or something, as you can identify songs or tunes with apps like Shazam. But what if you don't have the song to playback? Well, YouTube Music has a new feature for that.

For YouTube content creators, the worst feeling is waking up one day to find a video you worked hard on taken down due to copyright claims. This usually means you'd have to edit out the copyrighted content before re-uploading. But now YouTube has a way to help you.

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) now allows videos to be produced using the faces of people who have died. There have been several cases of generative AI being used to defame individuals. It will increase as this feature is easily accessible. Recognising this issue, YouTube has updated the site's policy to make it easier for individuals to report videos that use their faces and voices without permission.

Google is ready to introduce a chatbot based on artificial intelligence, named Gemini. Now, apart from that, Google also reportedly wants to give personality to the chatbot and is currently developing their chatbot based on YouTube influencers and celebrities.

Despite YouTube's constant need to slam the ban hammer on Adblockers, the company does just as much to improve the experience for content creators. Last week, there was a report about a green screen feature and earlier this week there was one about YouTube allowing 3 thumbnails per video. But there are more features on the way.

YouTube is still in a relentless war against ad blockers. Over the past few months, the company has tried a couple of methods such as skipping or muting your video to the end, blocking third-party apps, slowing down your video and many more. This time, YouTube seems to be testing server-side ad injection (SSAI).