Celebrities will be able to find and request removal of AI deepfakes on YouTube
Celebrities will be able to find and request removal of AI deepfakes on YouTube

YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake monitoring feature to Hollywood – meaning some celebrity AI videos could soon disappear. The platform’s likeness detection feature searches YouTube for AI deepfake content and flags it for public figures enrolled in the program. Public figures can use it to keep track of AI content on YouTube of themselves […]

YouTube expands its AI likeness detection technology to celebrities

YouTube is expanding its AI likeness detection tool to celebrities, giving talent and their reps a way to find and remove deepfakes.

YouTube’s mobile app finally lets you share timestamped videos
YouTube’s mobile app finally lets you share timestamped videos

YouTube is making some changes that might affect how you share videos from the mobile app. From the app, you can finally share videos from a specific timestamp, which will make it easier to point someone to a part of a video you might want them to see while you’re on your phone. However, this […]

How to stop watching YouTube Shorts?

YouTube is finally letting you kick Shorts out of your feed entirely. Here’s a quick guide to cutting the scroll and taking back control of your screen time.

You can finally remove annoying YouTube Shorts from your feed

YouTube’s new zero-minute Shorts timer removes them from your homepage entirely, giving you an easy way to cut back on scrolling without deleting the app.

YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts
YouTube now lets you turn off Shorts

YouTube’s time management settings now have an option to put a zero-minute time limit on Shorts, effectively removing them from your app in Android and iOS. The option is an update to the Shorts timer YouTube originally announced in October; the lowest previous option was 15 minutes. The feature was expanded in January to give […]

YouTube livestreams will now hold back ads during peak engagement to protect the vibe

Until now, the only way to avoid seeing ads was by paying for a YouTube Premium subscription.

Justin Bieber’s YouTube Coachella set had nothing to do with who owns his music
Justin Bieber’s YouTube Coachella set had nothing to do with who owns his music

This past Saturday at the Coachella music festival, Justin Bieber played the first of two headlining sets in a deal reportedly worth $10 million. It was his most significant solo performance in years. But Bieber spent some of his time on stage the way many of us do on Saturday nights: on YouTube. For some […]

Just in case you missed it, YouTube Music Premium also got a hike

YouTube has raised Premium and Music subscription prices, adding to growing costs across streaming platforms.

YouTube Premium and YouTube Music are getting more expensive

The YouTube Premium individual plan is increasing from $13.99 to $15.99 per month, while the family plan is increasing from $22.99 to $26.99 per month.