Hacker News with Generative AI: YouTube

Retrieve the comments history of any YouTube user across 1.4B users (lolarchiver.com)
Retrieve the comments history of any Youtube user across 1.4 billion users & 20 billion comments recorded
YouTube, Data Scraping, Social Media, Web Archives
20 points by gonzalezj 33 days ago | 7 comments
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
27 points by thunderbong 36 days ago | 20 comments
YouTube blocking Opera with uBlock origin (reddit.com)
YouTube, Opera, Ad Blocking, Privacy, Browsers
5 points by swat535 38 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 39 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 40 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 40 days ago | 96 comments
Shifty – A brand new Adam Curtis series [video] (youtube.com)
Documentary, Film, YouTube, Adam Curtis
11 points by valeg 40 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 42 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 44 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 45 days ago | 120 comments
Terence Tao started a YouTube channel (youtube.com)
Mathematics, YouTube, Celebrities
72 points by yu3zhou4 46 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 49 days ago | 2 comments
First 100 Days of Corruption (youtube.com)
Corruption, Politics, YouTube, Social Commentary
9 points by adrithmetiqa 51 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 52 days ago | 0 comments
PewDiePie: I installed Linux (so should you) (youtube.com)
Linux, YouTube, Gaming, Technology, Influencers
19 points by doener 58 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 58 days ago | 694 comments
The Decisionmaker [video] (youtube.com)
Decision Making, Video, YouTube
10 points by Apocryphon 60 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 61 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 69 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 73 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 75 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 80 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 81 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_ 84 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 87 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 90 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 96 days ago | 1 comments
What is PLUS times PLUS? [video] (youtube.com)
Mathematics, YouTube, Education
14 points by weinzierl 96 days ago | 0 comments
The unexpected legend of WD-40 (youtube.com)
History, Products, Marketing, YouTube
18 points by zirkuswurstikus 97 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 102 days ago | 426 comments