Pope Leo: opaque AI run by few firms risks "New Forms of Dehumanization"(variety.com)

149 points by embedding-shape 5 months ago | 16 comments

'Backrooms' Stuns with $81M Debut(variety.com)

174 points by mindcrime 4 months ago | 104 comments

Zuckerberg 'Personally Authorized and Encouraged' Meta's Copyright Infringement(variety.com)

373 points by spankibalt 5 months ago | 337 comments

Variety news article on a publishers' lawsuit, including author Scott Turow, alleging Mark Zuckerberg personally authorized Meta's copyright infringement in training AI models.

NAZA a Devastating Exposé of Israeli Genocidal Policy in Gaza(variety.com)

15 points by slowin 1 month ago | 1 comments

Nicolas Cage Refused to Sign Amazon AI Waiver: 'I'm Not an AI-Friendly Actor'(variety.com)

6 points by CharlesW 15 days ago | 0 comments

Variety news article reporting that Nicolas Cage refused to sign an Amazon AI waiver for the series Spider-Noir, saying he is not an AI-friendly actor.

'You Can See Everything' Review: Nathan Fielder's Doc About Elizabeth Holmes(variety.com)

270 points by cianmm 1 month ago | 184 comments

YouTube's new anti-adblock measures(iter.ca)

851 points by smitop 1 year ago | 1169 comments

A blog post explaining YouTube's A/B-tested anti-adblock measures such as fake buffering, and a uBlock Origin filter written to partially avoid them.

YouTube now requires to label their realistic-looking videos made using AI(blog.google)

837 points by marban 2 years ago | 469 comments

Google India Blog post from the YouTube Team announcing a tool requiring creators to disclose realistic altered or AI-generated synthetic content in videos.

YouTube caught making AI-edits to videos and adding misleading AI summaries(ynetnews.com)

324 points by mystraline 10 months ago | 179 comments

Mastodon post by Fedi.Tips claiming YouTube uses AI to alter creators' videos without permission and recommending creators also post to PeerTube.

YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers(bleepingcomputer.com)

542 points by jacooper 3 years ago | 1050 comments

BleepingComputer news article reporting that YouTube is testing blocking video playback for users who run ad blockers unless they disable them.

Google Ordered to Identify Who Watched Certain YouTube Videos(forbes.com)

462 points by wut42 2 years ago | 288 comments

Forbes article reporting that federal court orders required Google to hand over information on users who viewed certain YouTube videos and livestreams.

YouTube-Dl Site Goes Offline as Hosting Provider Enforces Court-Ordered Ban(torrentfreak.com)

380 points by marban 3 years ago | 190 comments

TorrentFreak article reporting that hosting provider Uberspace took down the youtube-dl website after a German court ruling in a copyright lawsuit by major record labels.