Google refuses to confirm it trained Lyria on YouTube uploads, relying instead on Terms of Service language to sidestep accountability in an ongoing lawsuit by independent musicians.
YouTube users can now create personalized video feeds by describing what they want to watch, with the feature rolling out to English-language users in the US.
YouTube is moving AI disclosure labels from buried description sections to visible positions on Shorts and long-form videos, plus rolling out automatic detection of photorealistic AI content.
YouTube will now automatically detect and label videos containing significant photorealistic AI, moving beyond creator self-disclosure to platform-enforced transparency.
Google's CEO discusses how AI agents, intelligent search boxes, and YouTube video indexing will reshape search—and why publishers should prepare for zero referral traffic.
YouTube Shorts creators can now use Gemini Omni to stylistically transform or edit other users' videos, with creator controls and watermarking in place.