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YouTube Rolls Out New Games for Premium Users
YouTube ventured into gaming this week by rolling out a test of YouTube Playables to all Premium users. Playables are small, free games for mobile and desktop devices with no downloads, such as Angry Birds Showdown, from YouTube. YouTube is the latest video-watching platform to branch out into gaming. Google announced it would test out…
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YouTube Now Sells the AI Soul of Your Favourite Musician
Dream Track allows musicians to license out their voices with AI, just days after YouTube cracked down on AI on its platform.
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YouTube Wants to Stop Sending Kids Down the Rabbit Hole of Eating Disorder Videos
YouTube announced a new effort to curb its own recommendation algorithms to protect teenagers from the rabbit hole of videos that could inspire eating disorders, body image problems, violence, and other problems. The new initiative comes amidst a growing threat of legislation to address kids’ safety on the internet and may be an effort to…
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YouTube Launches What It Claims Is an ‘Authoritative News’ Hub
YouTube introduced a dedicated news-watching experience to help viewers across 40 countries find the latest stories from reputable sources, the company announced on Wednesday. The aim is to make reliable news more readily accessible with two added features including a watch page and a “Shorts Innovation Program.” The watch page will pull content from what…