"If you randomly follow the algorithm, you probably would consume less radical content using YouTube as you typically do!" So says Manoel Ribeiro, co-author of a new paper on YouTube's recommendation ...

YouTube has already stopped videos from displaying the number of dislikes it’s received, but apparently giving a video a thumbs down doesn’t change how many similar videos the platform recommends you.

The YouTube algorithm is often seen as a mysterious black box, determining which videos rise to fame and which languish in obscurity. But according to Todd Beaupré, who manages YouTube's ...

Content sharing platform YouTube will be enacting changes to its policy geared towards identifying unoriginal content posted to the video-sharing site. In a recently shared update to its policies, ...

I’ve been losing a lot of time to YouTube lately. I don’t even know why. In a down moment, I just find myself heading to the homepage and watching whatever comes up (usually weird Tears of the Kingdom ...

YouTube's recommendation algorithm is steering children toward videos of guns and school shootings, according to a new report. Back in 2021, YouTube’s vice president of engineering Cristos Goodrow ...

If Nielsen stats are to be believed, we collectively spend more time in front of YouTube than any other streaming service—including Disney+ and Netflix. That's a lot of watch hours, especially for an ...

New research from Mozilla shows that user controls have little effect on which videos YouTube’s influential AI recommends. YouTube’s recommendation algorithm drives 70% of what people watch on the ...

YouTube this week put out a new video meant to address creators’ questions over its short-form video platform, YouTube Shorts. The questions it answered ranged from how the algorithm for Shorts ...

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