Hacker News with Generative AI: YouTube

Google's Veo3 Is Already Deepfaking All of YouTube's Most Smooth-Brained Content (gizmodo.com)
Wake up, babe, new viral AI video generator dropped. This time, it’s not OpenAI’s Sora model in the spotlight, it’s Google’s Veo 3, which was announced on Tuesday during the company’s annual I/O keynote. Naturally, people are eager to see what chaos Veo 3 can wreak, and the results have been, well, chaotic. We’ve got disjointed Michael Bay fodder, talking muffins, self-aware AI sims, puppy-centric pharmaceutical ads—the list goes on.

Artificial Intelligence, Video Generation, Google, YouTube, Social Media

22 points by thunderbong 12 hours ago | 19 comments

YouTube blocking Opera with uBlock origin (reddit.com)

YouTube, Opera, Ad Blocking, Privacy, Browsers

5 points by swat535 3 days ago | 1 comments

Gemini Control your ads by emotions (techcrunch.com)
Imagine you’re watching a highly anticipated video from your favorite YouTube creator — perhaps the moment a famous couple finally gets engaged — when an ad pops up immediately after the clip. This is part of YouTube’s new ad format called “Peak Points.”

Advertising, YouTube, Technology, Emotion

4 points by SquidJack 4 days ago | 0 comments

YouTube's new ads will ruin the best part of a video on purpose (androidauthority.com)
YouTube has introduced a new ad format that places ads right where something exciting happens in a video.

YouTube, Advertising, Video Content, Digital Marketing

55 points by namanyayg 5 days ago | 56 comments

Thank you Google for breaking my YouTube addiction (exotext.com)
Over the past few years, Google has done a surprisingly great job of making YouTube less interesting and engaging — and in turn, less addictive.

Google, YouTube, Addiction, Technology, Social Media

116 points by ambigious7777 5 days ago | 96 comments

Shifty – A brand new Adam Curtis series [video] (youtube.com)

Documentary, Film, YouTube, Adam Curtis

11 points by valeg 5 days ago | 1 comments

Mexico accuses MrBeast of exploiting Mayan pyramids (bbc.co.uk)
Mexico is seeking compensation from US YouTuber MrBeast and a production company, accusing them of exploiting the nation's ancient pyramids for commercial gain.

Mexico, YouTube, Ancient Sites, Culture, Controversy

12 points by jeffwass 6 days ago | 0 comments

YouTube introduces an interactive product feed for shoppable TV ads (techcrunch.com)
YouTube made its pitch to advertisers on Wednesday, accompanied by a flashy performance from Lady Gaga and special appearances from popular YouTubers like Brittany Broski and MrBeast.

YouTube, Advertising, E-commerce, Video Platforms

6 points by jnord 9 days ago | 1 comments

Launch HN: Miyagi (YC W25) turns YouTube videos into online, interactive courses (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN, we’re Tyrone and Guang, founders of Miyagi Labs (https://miyagilabs.ai), an AI-powered education platform that transforms educational YouTube videos into interactive courses. It helps you learn better through active practice and personalized feedback.

Education, Artificial Intelligence, YouTube, Online Learning

215 points by bestwillcui 10 days ago | 120 comments

Terence Tao started a YouTube channel (youtube.com)

Mathematics, YouTube, Celebrities

72 points by yu3zhou4 10 days ago | 9 comments

Show HN: SkipCut – watch YouTube ad free on Any device, No install, No login (skipcut.com)
Watch YouTube Videos Without Ads - Free Ad Blocker Alternative

YouTube, Ad Blocking, Software, Browser Extensions

10 points by Nina_F 14 days ago | 2 comments

First 100 Days of Corruption (youtube.com)

Corruption, Politics, YouTube, Social Commentary

9 points by adrithmetiqa 16 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: YouTube Time Machine – browser extension to find forgotten videos (frankmeeuwsen.com)
Did you know that the average YouTube video is viewed about 41 times? For a platform that seemingly features professional content creators and is the second most visited site after Google, this view count might seem disappointing. Or is something else going on? I’ll explain how this fact inspired me to create a browser extension that makes visible the videos that the YouTube algorithm keeps hidden.

Browser Extensions, YouTube, Data Analysis, Video Content

10 points by thatinternetguy 17 days ago | 0 comments

PewDiePie: I installed Linux (so should you) (youtube.com)

Linux, YouTube, Gaming, Technology, Influencers

19 points by doener 23 days ago | 5 comments

Someone at YouTube needs glasses (jayd.ml)
Opened YouTube and was greeted with this abomination:

YouTube, Design, User Experience, Web Development

1424 points by jaydenmilne 23 days ago | 694 comments

The Decisionmaker [video] (youtube.com)

Decision Making, Video, YouTube

10 points by Apocryphon 25 days ago | 0 comments

When a Child's Life Becomes the Family Business (nytimes.com)
Evan Lee was in elementary school when he became the linchpin of his family’s business. With his neatly combed hair and dimpled smile, he was a charm bomb, conveying on camera both the cheerful sincerity of a boy scout and the precocious charisma of a whiz kid. Evan, eventually known to seven million YouTube subscribers as EvanTube, was one of the earliest kid influencers, internet famous for playing with toys.

Children, Social Media, Business, YouTube, Influencers

11 points by ceejayoz 26 days ago | 0 comments

Google adds YouTube Music feature to end annoying volume shifts (arstechnica.com)
Automatic audio leveling is coming to YouTube Music.

Music Streaming, Google, YouTube, Audio Engineering

5 points by gslin 34 days ago | 0 comments

It's easier than ever to de-censor videos (jeffgeerling.com)
Last month I asked people to hack part of my YouTube video, specifically to de-pixelate the contents of a folder I had pixelated starting at the 4:57 mark.

Video Editing, Censorship, Hacking, YouTube

387 points by DamonHD 38 days ago | 158 comments

Show HN: A Hacker News client that only shows YouTube videos (netlify.app)

Hacker News, YouTube, Software, Web Development

12 points by notsahil 40 days ago | 10 comments

Valve's Computer that I'm Not Supposed to Have [video] (youtube.com)

Valve, Hardware, Technology, Video Games, YouTube

25 points by LorenDB 45 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: I tried making YouTube safer for my kids (maekitsafe.com)
Provide them with content you trust. Only YouTube channels you approve, with no comments, no autoplay, and no algorithmic recommendations.

Parenting, YouTube, Kids, Safety, Online Content

41 points by beechwood 46 days ago | 33 comments

YouTube Shorts Are Like Crack (kevquirk.com)
Back in February I decided to admit defeat in the battle against YouTube ads, and I signed up for Premium. Since then, I've become utterly addicted to shorts. It's very, very sad.

Social Media, YouTube, Addiction

10 points by cyb_ 49 days ago | 9 comments

Donkey Kong champion wins defamation case against Australian YouTuber Karl Jobst (theguardian.com)
A professional YouTuber in Queensland has been ordered to pay $350,000 plus interest and costs to the former world record score holder for Donkey Kong, after the Brisbane district court found the YouTuber had defamed him “recklessly” with false claims of a link between a lawsuit and another YouTuber’s suicide.

Gaming, Lawsuits, YouTube, Defamation

87 points by throw7 52 days ago | 73 comments

Show HN: I made an AI tool to auto-translate and dub YouTube videos (vdspeak.com)

Artificial Intelligence, YouTube, Translation, Video Editing

7 points by nightwishh 54 days ago | 1 comments

Director Uses Takedowns to Remove Pirate Bay Docu "TPB-AFK" from YouTube (torrentfreak.com)
In an unexpected turn of events, the director of the Pirate Bay documentary TPB-AFK has sent takedown notices to YouTube requesting its removal. The director states that he sees the streaming portal as a radicalizing platform full of hate. The takedowns are not without controversy, however, as TPB-AFK was published under a Creative Commons license.

Copyright, Piracy, Documentaries, YouTube, Controversy

12 points by gslin 61 days ago | 1 comments

What is PLUS times PLUS? [video] (youtube.com)

Mathematics, YouTube, Education

14 points by weinzierl 61 days ago | 0 comments

The unexpected legend of WD-40 (youtube.com)

History, Products, Marketing, YouTube

18 points by zirkuswurstikus 62 days ago | 7 comments

Block YouTube ads on AppleTV by decrypting and stripping ads from Profobuf (2022) (ericdraken.com)
I discovered that putting a man-in-the-middle proxy between my Apple TV and the world lets me decrypt HTTPS traffic. From there, I can read the Protocol Buffer data Google uses to populate YouTube with ads. It is too CPU-intensive to decode Protobuf on the fly, so instead, I found a flaw in the Protobuf format which allows me to reliably change one byte to obliterate ads.

AppleTV, YouTube, Security, Network Traffic, Privacy

756 points by udev4096 66 days ago | 426 comments

Google not letting YouTube videos play with Opera, FF adblockers. Chrome is slow (neowin.net)
For those who have been running YouTube on a browser for a while with an ad blocker enabled, you must have come across YouTube's banner that stops a video playing in its track and warns users not to use such content blockers.

Web Browsers, YouTube, Ad Blocking, Online Video

8 points by josephcsible 67 days ago | 0 comments