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As AI-generated videos continue flooding the internet, YouTube is making one major change: viewers will no longer need to dig through video descriptions to figure out whether something was made with AI. The platform has announced a major update to how AI-generated and AI-altered content is labelled, introducing more visible disclosures for viewers while also launching automatic detection systems to identify videos that creators fail to disclose properly.

Sick of seeing YouTube Shorts on YouTube? Well, good news: YouTube is rolling out a long-awaited feature that allows users to effectively disable Shorts, giving more control over how they consume content on the platform. The update introduces a new setting that can completely remove Shorts from the app experience, addressing a common complaint from users who find short-form videos distracting or time-consuming.

We reported about YouTube demonitising Screen Culture and KH Studios before for releasing thousands of fake AI trailers. Today, it seems that the tech giant has swung the axe. YouTube has permanently shut down these two channels after repeatedly violating the platform’s rules against spam and misleading metadata. Visitors now see an unavailable message when trying to access their pages.

Towards the year-end, music streaming services would often release a recap of what you have listened to all year long. This December, YouTube is rolling out "YouTube Recap", a first-of-its-kind personalised year-end summary for its users. The feature was officially announced on YouTube’s blog.

YouTube has just rolled out two new AI-driven features designed to help you “dive deeper, learn faster, and find what you’re looking for more easily”. According to sources and the company's blog, this new AI-powered search feature will roll out to YouTube Premium users.

There is a good chance that you have watched a fake movie trailer shown on YouTube and believed it was real. With the rise of AI-generated videos, YouTube has taken action to suspend ad revenue for two well-known channels, Screen Trailers and Royal Trailer, which are linked to Screen Culture and KH Studio accounts.

Previously, YouTube did some testing on playing a few select mobile games on the YouTube app and desktop. After the beta testing, YouTube Playables (official name) is now available and rolling out globally as we speak.

Did you know? The Apple Vision Pro has more than 600 apps not including YouTube, Netflix, and even Google services. These three big companies have previously stated that there are no plans to develop apps for Apple's headset but it seems that YouTube has made a u-turn. 

A few hours ago, YouTube made a special announcement and hosted "Made on YouTube 2023" on its platform. Among the announcements, the most intriguing one is a new app called YouTube Create which will allow content creators to make videos on the go on their mobile phones.

In an effort to prevent increased scams and spam on YouTube Shorts, YouTube will be taking action soon to make links in Shorts comments, descriptions and live feeds unclickable. It will begin on 13 August 2023, to further prevent users from harmful content and malware.