YouTube announced one of this year’s most significant artificial intelligence developments in the music industry this week when it launched its new experimental AI feature that will allow select users to make song clips featuring AI-generated vocals of superstars including Demi Lovato, Sia and John Legend. Dream Track officially launched …
Read More »Trump Compares YouTube Removing His Election Lies to Russian Authoritarianism
YouTube has removed a video of Donald Trump‘s appearance on the podcast of the popular creator collective the Nelk Boys, after the former president pushed lies about the 2020 election. Trump is not happy. “Whatever happened to free speech in our Country?” Trump complained in a statement on Friday. “Incredibly, …
Read More »LGBTQ Influencers Criticize YouTube After Homophobic Videos Are Allowed to Stay
Over the past few years, YouTube has been harshly criticized for failing to censor violent or harassing content, while simultaneously allowing racist, misogynistic, or conspiracy theory-promoting content to thrive on the platform. And while the platform has since taken a few steps to correct this, banning those peddling harmful autism …
Read More »YouTube Removing Comments From Kids Videos in Attempt to Fix Pedophile Problem
YouTube doesn’t exactly have a sterling reputation among parents these days. From reports of trolls gaming the algorithm to target kids with disturbing or violent content to parents freaking out over the (most likely extremely fake) “Momo” suicide challenge to the mere existence of the Paul brothers, YouTube is known …
Read More »Beatles Producer Giles Martin to Join YouTube 'White Album' Panel
Producer Giles Martin, who recently helmed the 50th anniversary edition of the Beatles’ “White Album,” will join a YouTube livestreamed panel discussion about that classic LP. The event, set for Wednesday, November 7th at 2 p.m. ET, will also featureRide guitarist Andy Bell, the Last Shadow Puppets frontman Miles Kane,NME …
Read More »Uploading to YouTube May Get Much More Strict
YouTube users could soon find much less content available on the video-streaming platform once known for hosting anything and everything. A controversial copyrightreform proposal in Europe — a bundle of legislation aimed at updating copyright law for the digital age called the Copyright Directive — was just approved by the …
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