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Apple, Anthropic, and other major artificial intelligence (AI) firms have reportedly trained AI models on data from hundreds of thousands of YouTube videos. A new report claims that multiple AI companies used a publicly available dataset called Pile which contained the plain text of videos’ subtitles without any video imagery.

YouTube Music is testing a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will allow users to generate unique radios with the help of a tool. The new feature works with textual prompts, meaning users can write what they want to listen to, and the AI generates a radio with similar songs in it. Earlier users could only create a radio based on a song o...

YouTube may soon allow users to upload thumbnails for custom playlists created by them, according to a report. It currently allows uploading thumbnails for videos published by users but not for playlists. An option to upload thumbnails for playlists on Android devices was reported following an APK teardown of the YouTube for Android beta app.

YouTube is reportedly in talks with multiple record labels to strike a deal that will let it use copyrighted songs to train its artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The Google-owned platform is said to be working on several new AI features that it plans to release by the end of this year. Last year, the video streaming platform announced testing an ...

HMD has brought back the Nokia 3210 feature phone in India on Tuesday. The launch marks the 25th anniversary of the original unveiling of the phone. The new Nokia 3210 feature phone comes in three colour options and offers YouTube access. It packs a 1,450mAh battery, a 2-megapixel rear camera, and runs on Unisoc T107. The Nokia 3210 features a pre...

Google is reportedly working on creating artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots that can play a character while interacting with users. These character-focused chatbots can be modelled after a celebrity or be made by users based on their imagination, as per the report. It is said that these chatbots will be powered by the tech giant’s in-house lar...

YouTube is testing a new way which provides more community support to small content creators, the company announced on Monday. The feature, called ‘Hype’, is being made available to viewers in select regions. Content creators within the criteria will be eligible for this new program, enabling viewers to hype a video to boost its rankings.

YouTube may be developing a sleep timer feature for users of its Android app – a feature which already exists in the YouTube Music app, according to a report. References to the feature were reported during an APK teardown of a beta version of the YouTube app for Android.

YouTube is expanding its user privacy protection mechanism to include artificial intelligence (AI) content. The video-streaming giant announced on Thursday that users will be able to report AI-generated content that simulates their face or voice. Users can report such videos using the Privacy Complaint Process, an online reporting system that allow...

After tackling ad blockers, YouTube is now said to be cracking down on users who use virtual private networks (VPNs) to get a cheaper premium subscription, according to claims by users on social media. Several users reported receiving emails from the video-streaming service regarding the cancellation of the premium subscription due to invalid billi...

YouTube Music might soon get a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature, as per a new report. The music streaming platform of the Google-owned company recently received the “Play, Sing, or Hum to Search” feature which used AI algorithms to find the desired results. It may soon get another AI-powered feature to search for songs. The feature, rep...

YouTube may be getting ready to introduce a new and experimental feature which lets users add ‘notes’ below videos, according to the company. This feature is speculated to work along the same lines as the Community Notes feature on X, enabling users to provide more context to videos on its platform.

YouTube is reportedly developing another way to crack down on third-party blockers by injecting ads directly from the server, according to a post on social media. It is speculated that this change may combine the video and ads into one and it may be played as a continuous stream on the video-streaming platform, preventing the browser plugins from s...

YouTube is testing its AI-based comment topic summariser feature for Shorts. The experimental feature will only show up on the video streaming giant’s iOS and Android apps for now and will be available on a limited number of Shorts with large comment sections from select creators. The feature sorts the comment section into popular topics based on...

YouTube for Android is getting a new functionality with the integration of Google Lens, according to a report. The option is said to be present alongside the search bar in the form of a Google Lens icon, enabling users to take an image of an object and search for it on the video-streaming platform.

Apple, Anthropic, and other major artificial intelligence (AI) firms have reportedly trained AI models on data from hundreds of thousands of YouTube videos. A new report claims that multiple AI companies used a publicly available dataset called Pile which contained the plain text of videos’ subtitles without any video imagery.

YouTube Music is testing a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will allow users to generate unique radios with the help of a tool. The new feature works with textual prompts, meaning users can write what they want to listen to, and the AI generates a radio with similar songs in it. Earlier users could only create a radio based on a song o...

YouTube may soon allow users to upload thumbnails for custom playlists created by them, according to a report. It currently allows uploading thumbnails for videos published by users but not for playlists. An option to upload thumbnails for playlists on Android devices was reported following an APK teardown of the YouTube for Android beta app.

YouTube is reportedly in talks with multiple record labels to strike a deal that will let it use copyrighted songs to train its artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The Google-owned platform is said to be working on several new AI features that it plans to release by the end of this year. Last year, the video streaming platform announced testing an ...

HMD has brought back the Nokia 3210 feature phone in India on Tuesday. The launch marks the 25th anniversary of the original unveiling of the phone. The new Nokia 3210 feature phone comes in three colour options and offers YouTube access. It packs a 1,450mAh battery, a 2-megapixel rear camera, and runs on Unisoc T107. The Nokia 3210 features a pre...

Google is reportedly working on creating artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots that can play a character while interacting with users. These character-focused chatbots can be modelled after a celebrity or be made by users based on their imagination, as per the report. It is said that these chatbots will be powered by the tech giant’s in-house lar...

YouTube is testing a new way which provides more community support to small content creators, the company announced on Monday. The feature, called ‘Hype’, is being made available to viewers in select regions. Content creators within the criteria will be eligible for this new program, enabling viewers to hype a video to boost its rankings.

YouTube may be developing a sleep timer feature for users of its Android app – a feature which already exists in the YouTube Music app, according to a report. References to the feature were reported during an APK teardown of a beta version of the YouTube app for Android.

YouTube is expanding its user privacy protection mechanism to include artificial intelligence (AI) content. The video-streaming giant announced on Thursday that users will be able to report AI-generated content that simulates their face or voice. Users can report such videos using the Privacy Complaint Process, an online reporting system that allow...

After tackling ad blockers, YouTube is now said to be cracking down on users who use virtual private networks (VPNs) to get a cheaper premium subscription, according to claims by users on social media. Several users reported receiving emails from the video-streaming service regarding the cancellation of the premium subscription due to invalid billi...

YouTube Music might soon get a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature, as per a new report. The music streaming platform of the Google-owned company recently received the “Play, Sing, or Hum to Search” feature which used AI algorithms to find the desired results. It may soon get another AI-powered feature to search for songs. The feature, rep...

YouTube may be getting ready to introduce a new and experimental feature which lets users add ‘notes’ below videos, according to the company. This feature is speculated to work along the same lines as the Community Notes feature on X, enabling users to provide more context to videos on its platform.

YouTube is reportedly developing another way to crack down on third-party blockers by injecting ads directly from the server, according to a post on social media. It is speculated that this change may combine the video and ads into one and it may be played as a continuous stream on the video-streaming platform, preventing the browser plugins from s...

YouTube is testing its AI-based comment topic summariser feature for Shorts. The experimental feature will only show up on the video streaming giant’s iOS and Android apps for now and will be available on a limited number of Shorts with large comment sections from select creators. The feature sorts the comment section into popular topics based on...

YouTube for Android is getting a new functionality with the integration of Google Lens, according to a report. The option is said to be present alongside the search bar in the form of a Google Lens icon, enabling users to take an image of an object and search for it on the video-streaming platform.