YouTube will reduce teens’ exposure to videos that promote and idealize certain fitness levels, body types or weight. The platform acknowledges that while a single video may not be inherently harmful, repeated exposure to similar content can shape teens’ perceptions of themselves in detrimental ways. YouTube will adjust its algorithms to prevent this content from being recommended to teen users repeatedly.
Cristiano Ronaldo launched his YouTube channel, UR – Cristiano on a Wednesday. Within 90 minutes, the channel broke the record for the fastest to reach 1 million subscribers earning Ronaldo a YouTube Gold Play Button. The channel didn’t just stop at 1 million subscribers. In just two days it surpassed 30 million subscribers.
YouTube is venturing into gaming with its Playables program offering over 75 lightweight games for users to enjoy. This is an expansion of YouTube’s gaming initiatives, previously exclusive to YouTube Premium subscribers now available to all users globally.
For many users who have adblockers enabled, YouTube videos are now abruptly skipping to the end. This development is part of YouTube’s efforts to enforce its policy against adblockers which began last year. Users with adblockers are experiencing videos that skip to the end immediately upon loading.
According to reports, OpenAI, employed a speech recognition tool named Whisper to transcribe over a million hours of YouTube videos for training its latest AI model, GPT-4.
Apple Vision Pro headset prepares for its launch on February 2, 2024, the tech industry is with discussions about the absence of the apps from major streaming platforms such as YouTube, Spotify, and Netflix.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi becomes the world’s first leader to cross 20 million subscribers on his official YouTube channel. As of the latest report, the Prime Minister’s YouTube channel has a 20 million subscribers, with a library of over 23,000 videos.
YouTube has introduced a feature called Playables for its paying customers. This addition aims not only to provide an ad-free experience but also to offer a gaming platform directly within the YouTube app and desktop website.
YouTube is waging a war against ad blockers. This conflict has been ongoing for years, but recent developments suggest that YouTube is putting efforts to counter these ad-blocking tools and protect its advertising revenue.
