YouTube just announced that creators will soon be able to generate Shorts using their own AI likeness, alongside text-to-game creation tools. To prevent AI slop and identity theft, the platform is pairing the feature with strict likeness-management controls. It's rolling out later this year.
YouTube just rolled out AI-powered smart Q&A stickers for live streams, letting creators automatically generate prompts to poll their audience when out of ideas. The feature is currently available in English on the mobile app. YouTube also introduced daily viewing time limits to curb endless Shorts scrolling.
YouTube just confirmed it has been secretly running machine learning experiments on select YouTube Shorts to unblur and denoise footage without creators' consent. Popular YouTubers noticed weird facial distortions and artificial over-sharpening, sparking widespread concern over platform overreach and the erosion of digital reality.
YouTube just announced it will integrate Google's flagship Veo 3 AI video generator into YouTube Shorts later this summer. The platform previously relied on an older Veo model for background generation, but Veo 3 brings significant upgrades directly to mobile creators. With Shorts averaging over 200 billion daily views, YouTube is betting big on generative video to beat TikTok and Reels.
YouTube just upgraded its Shorts feature Dream Screen with Google DeepMind's Veo 2 model, allowing creators to generate standalone AI video clips from text prompts rather than just backgrounds. It offers better real-world physics and camera styling alongside SynthID watermarking, rolling out first in the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
YouTube just started testing an expansion of its Dream Track AI feature that lets creators restyle licensed songs for Shorts. Testers can enter a text prompt to shift a track's mood or genre, generating a custom 30-second remix that clearly tags the original artist and AI label. It could give creators an easy way to refresh trending sounds, though access remains tightly limited for now.
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan just outlined the platform's four big bets for 2024, placing generative AI right at the top. Mohan emphasized that AI should empower creators rather than replace them, spotlighting tools like Dream Screen for Shorts. Crucially, as deepfakes loom over global elections, YouTube will roll out transparent labels for realistic synthetic content in the coming months.
YouTube just announced a suite of creator tools, headlined by Dream Screen, an experimental feature that generates video or image backgrounds for Shorts from simple text prompts. The company also launched YouTube Create, a free mobile editing app with auto-captions and beat matching. Dream Screen will begin testing with select creators later this year.
YouTube’s new boss Neal Mohan just announced that generative AI features are coming to the platform in the coming months. Creators will soon be able to virtually swap outfits and build fantastical video backgrounds with generative tools. It shows YouTube is ready to integrate generative AI directly into creator workflows while building guardrails.
