YouTube secretly used AI to edit people's videos. The results could bend reality - United States
YouTube secretly used artificial intelligence to modify creators' videos without notification or consent, making subtle changes to their appearance1. According to Rick Beato, who runs a YouTube channel with over 5 million subscribers, he noticed strange alterations in his videos - his hair looked different and it appeared he was wearing makeup1.
The AI modifications included sharpening skin in some areas while smoothing it in others, defining wrinkles in clothing more clearly, and causing subtle warping of features like ears1. YouTuber Rhett Shull, who investigated the changes, said "If I wanted this terrible over-sharpening I would have done it myself... I think that deeply misrepresents me and what I do and my voice on the internet"1.
The unauthorized AI enhancements represent a concerning trend where artificial intelligence increasingly mediates reality before it reaches viewers, potentially eroding authentic connections between creators and their audiences1.
- BBC - YouTube secretly used AI to edit people's videos. The results could bend reality ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
YouTube secretly used AI to edit people's videos. The results could bend reality
YouTube made AI enhancements to videos without telling users or asking permission. As AI quietly mediates our world, what happens to our shared connections with real life?Thomas Germain (BBC)
Charlie Kirk was a divisive far-right podcaster. Why is he being rebranded as a national hero?
Charlie Kirk was a divisive far-right podcaster. Why is he being rebranded as a national hero?
Celebrating a bigoted rage-baiter sends a clear message to people of color, LGBTQ+ folks and womenSaida Grundy (The Guardian)
Brazil’s president says in UN speech that democracy can prevail over ‘would-be autocrats’
Brazil’s president says in UN speech that democracy can prevail over ‘would-be autocrats’
South American leftist Lula takes indirect swipes at Trump in speech and warns that global threat of ‘anti-democratic forces’ persistsTom Phillips (The Guardian)
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Ayatollah Khamenei rejects talks with US, warns of ‘serious, irreparable harms’
Ayatollah Khamenei rejects talks with US, warns of ‘serious, irreparable harms’
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has rejected Washington’s demands over nuclear negotiations.PressTV
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PipePipe broken again 🙁
[Bug] "Could not get any stream. See error variable to get further details"
Checklist I make sure that the issue is NOT a duplicate of pinned issues I make sure I am using the LATEST version - check here I understand that issues with limited impact, such as those occurring...ZenOrion (GitHub)
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As world leaders seek ceasefire, Israeli attacks kill 36 people in Gaza
LIVE: Israel intensifies Gaza attacks, Trump to meet Arab, Muslim leaders
At least 17 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since dawn, including 15 in Gaza City, medical sources say.Tim Hume (Al Jazeera)
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Finland's unemployment rate rises to 20-year high at 10%
The Finnish economy has been hit hard by global economic turmoil and uncertainty stemming from the war in Ukraine, with trade with neighbouring Russia drying up and export companies hampered by the subsequent energy crisis pushing up costs.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/finlands-unemployment-rate-rises-20-year-high-10-2025-09-23/
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Why the API says a post doesn't have comments when the HTML page shows comments ?
Hi,
This post has comments : jlai.lu/post/26123233
But when asking the API : jlai.lu/api/v3/comment/list?po…
An empty array is returned.
Why ?
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Looking at the network tab while loading a thread, I see you need to include type_=All.
(lemmy-ui sends other parameters too but your example URL works for me with just tyoe_=All added.)
Thanks.
Now, why isn't that required for an older post ?
For example : lemmy.world/api/v3/comment/lis…
jlai.lu is configured to default to the Local view while lemmy.world defaults to All
YouTube will restore channels banned for COVID and election misinformation
YouTube announced it will restore thousands of channels that were previously banned for violating its COVID-19 and election integrity policies1. This decision came in a 28-page letter from Alphabet to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan on September 23, 20252.
The company acknowledged that Biden administration officials had pressured YouTube to remove content "that did not violate its policies," which Alphabet called "unacceptable and wrong"12. YouTube's current guidelines now permit a "wider range of content" regarding COVID-19 and elections1.
Notable figures who could return include Dan Bongino (now FBI Deputy Director), White House counterterrorism chief Sebastian Gorka, and others who were banned for discussing COVID-19 or election claims3. The platform will offer terminated creators a process to rejoin if they were banned for violating policies that are no longer in effect2.
As part of this change, YouTube will also ban the use of official fact-checkers on its platform, instead launching a feature similar to X's "Community Notes" that allows users to provide context on videos2.
- Ars Technica - YouTube will restore channels banned for COVID and election misinformation ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
- Deseret News - YouTube restores accounts that were censored over COVID-19 and 2020 election claims ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
- Washington Examiner - YouTube content creators no longer banned over political speech ↩︎
YouTube content creators no longer banned over political speech
Under the Biden administration, Google targeted conservative accounts for covering politically divisive topics, such as COVID-19 and the 2020 election.David Zimmermann (Washington Examiner)
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Translation: People pay us to push propaganda that hurts people. The government told us to stop and that hurts our pocketbook!
Medical misinformation is not political speech. Fuck everyone who made it this way.
Thank god YouTube is finally making some good changes. Clearly dangerous misinformation = good and bad words = bad.
This is jokes, WTF YouTube
NVIDIA's Monopolistic Takeover | Gamers Nexus
- YouTube
Profitez des vidéos et de la musique que vous aimez, mettez en ligne des contenus originaux, et partagez-les avec vos amis, vos proches et le monde entier.www.youtube.com
Europe has lost one superpower ally – can it afford to be in the crosshairs of two?
Europe has lost one superpower ally – can it afford to be in the crosshairs of two?
For years, the EU followed the US’s lead when it came to China. That is no longer an option and Beijing has other priorities, says Guardian journalist Nathalie TocciNathalie Tocci (The Guardian)
Arizona fake electors prosecution hits roadblock as court declines appeal
cross-posted from: tucson.social/post/2297025
The Arizona Court of Appeals declined to take up Attorney General Kris Mayes’ appeal of a lower court’s decision to send the Arizona fake electors case back to a grand jury.
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2025 Norwin Band Festival – Burrell High School Photos
The Burrell High School Marching Band performing “Feed The Machine” during the 2025 Norwin Band Festival at Norwin Knights Stadium in North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
All of these photos are available under a Creative Commons license, free for you to use as long as you give me photography credit.
2025 Norwin Band Festival
Photo Credit: Kevin Gamin
You can find all of the edited photos from this and other events on my Flickr site.
2025 Norwin Band Festival
Photo Credit: Kevin Gamin
You can find all of my photos on my Smugmug site.
2025 Norwin Band Festival
Photo Credit: Kevin Gamin
Hegseth dissolves women’s military committee over ‘divisive feminist agenda’
cross-posted from: ibbit.at/post/61946
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Hegseth dissolves women’s military committee over ‘divisive feminist agenda’
Move puts end to group started in 1951 to give the Pentagon counsel on issues related to women in armed servicesRachel Leingang (The Guardian)
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It's Time to "Linux"! – Journey to EndeavourOS #1
It's Time to "Linux"! – Journey to EndeavourOS #1
I am very tired of my computer acting against me and gaining new problems every day as if they were achievements in a video game, so I’m going to take advantage of my Linux experience with the Steam Deck and Raspberry Pi OS to finally start moving aw…The Blisscast Journal
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It's Time to "Linux"! – Journey to EndeavourOS #1
It's Time to "Linux"! – Journey to EndeavourOS #1
I am very tired of my computer acting against me and gaining new problems every day as if they were achievements in a video game, so I’m going to take advantage of my Linux experience with the Steam Deck and Raspberry Pi OS to finally start moving aw…The Blisscast Journal
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It's Time to "Linux"! – Journey to EndeavourOS #1
It's Time to "Linux"! – Journey to EndeavourOS #1
I am very tired of my computer acting against me and gaining new problems every day as if they were achievements in a video game, so I’m going to take advantage of my Linux experience with the Steam Deck and Raspberry Pi OS to finally start moving aw…The Blisscast Journal
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EndeavourOS, my beloved 💕
It's what made Linux click for me after a few attempts at using Ubuntu and Linux Mint. I unironically think the little Pac-Man animations made me more comfortable using the terminal.
It's Time to "Linux"! – Journey to EndeavourOS #1
It's Time to "Linux"! – Journey to EndeavourOS #1
I am very tired of my computer acting against me and gaining new problems every day as if they were achievements in a video game, so I’m going to take advantage of my Linux experience with the Steam Deck and Raspberry Pi OS to finally start moving aw…The Blisscast Journal
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Da Microsoft all'open source: l'esercito austriaco passa a LibreOffice
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Fidarsi è bene ma non fidarsi è meglio.
Danny combinaguai da una parte dice "l'economia russia è al tracollo", dall'altra poi son strette di mano e "grandi amici", "Israele ora basta, stai esagerando", dall'altra "hanno diritto a fare quel che vogliono".
Potrebbero sostituirlo già con un'ai, considerato le allucinazioni
@Suoko
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Afghan teen survives flight in aircraft landing gear from Kabul to Delhi
A 13-year-old Afghan boy survived a perilous stowaway attempt by hiding in the landing gear compartment of Kam Air flight RQ4401 from Kabul to Delhi (Airbus A340-300 reg. YA-KME).
What Trump’s H-1B crackdown means for Big Tech workers
What Trump’s $100k fee on H-1B visas mean for Amazon, Google workers - Rest of World
Will U.S. employers pay the high fee amid fierce competition for top AI researchers and engineering talent?Itika Sharma Punit (Rest of World)
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Someone has to drag the US out of the hellscape of Trumpism. Who better than AOC?
Someone has to drag the US out of the hellscape of Trumpism. Who better than AOC?
Yes, the Democratic congresswoman is flawed – but she’s a fighter. Let’s not write her off as too young or too female, writes Arwa MahdawiArwa Mahdawi (The Guardian)
Harris on Trump: ‘We’re dealing with a communist dictator’
“Democracy sustains capitalism. Capitalism thrives in a democracy. And, right now, we are dealing with, as I called him at my speech on the Ellipse, a tyrant,” she said, referencing her rally last year on the White House Ellipse in Washington. “We used to compare the strength of our democracy to communist dictators. That’s what we’re dealing with right now in Donald Trump. And these titans of industry are not speaking up,”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5517232-kamala-harris-donald-trump-tyrant-private-sector/
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Documents offer rare insight on Ice’s close relationship with Palantir
ver the past decade, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (Ice) has amassed millions of data points that it uses to identify and track its targets – from social media posts to location history and, most recently, tax information.
And there’s been one, multibillion-dollar tech company particularly instrumental in enabling Ice to put all that data to work: Palantir, the data analytics firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, the rightwing mega-donor and tech investor.
For years, little was known about how Ice uses Palantir’s technology. The company has consistently described itself as a “data processor” and says it does not play an active role in any of its customers’ data collection efforts or what clients do with that information.
Now, a cache of internal Ice documents – including hundreds of pages of emails between Ice and Palantir, as well as training manuals, and reports on the use of Palantir products – offer some of the first real-world examples of how Ice has used Palantir in its investigations and during on-the-ground enforcement operations.
Documents offer rare insight on Ice’s close relationship with Palantir
For years, little was known about the multibillion-dollar company that handles data for the US immigration enforcement agency.Johana Bhuiyan (The Guardian)
GSA walks back mass layoffs of its federal buildings workforce
The General Services Administration is looking to reinstate hundreds of laid-off employees who managed its governmentwide real estate portfolio.
GSA’s Public Buildings Service is giving laid-off employees the option to return to their jobs, after sending them reduction-in-force notices earlier this year.
“This serves as an update to your previously issued notice of reduction in force. Your specific notice of Reduction in Force (RIF) has been rescinded, effective immediately,” acting PBS Commissioner Andrew Heller wrote in a notice obtained by Federal News Network.
GSA is giving PBS employees until the end of the day on Friday, Sept. 26, to accept or decline reinstatement. If employees accept the offer, they must report to their previous posts by Oct. 6.
GSA walks back mass layoffs of its federal buildings workforce
The Public Buildings Service faced the brunt of GSA's widespread layoffs, amid plans to drastically shrink its real estate portfolio.Jory Heckman (Federal News Network)
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon - Atto 8 e Princess Serenity
Questo ottavo capitolo del manga di Sailor Moon rimane sul semplice, cominciando proprio da dove lo scorso si è interrotto, ma è davvero così...
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in reply to Zerush • • •With AI seeping into everything I think offline backups should be made of everything that is important to you or your organization.
Imagine you are a government or corporation. Instead of recognising and dealing with any painful past events you just pull a 1984 and rewrite history, changing movies and editing old documents.
This is scary shit because we know people are already abusing it for their gain
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