YouTube AI Policy Changes – DTNS 4920  ## Metadata - Author: [[Daily Tech News Show]] - Full Title: YouTube AI Policy Changes – DTNS 4920 - Category: #podcasts - URL: https://share.snipd.com/episode/191e1419-1487-4703-8dae-643f8fa387b4 ## Document Notes ## Highlights - **Lenovo's Rollable Laptop** - Evan Blass leaked images of Lenovo's sixth-generation ThinkBook Plus. - It features a rollable display, similar to Lenovo's 2022 concept. Transcript: Tom Merritt Reliable leaker Evan Blass has posted images of what he says is Lenovo's sixth generation ThinkBook Plus, and it's rollable. Just the screen. You can't roll the whole thing up like a newspaper or anything. But the images show the rollable display very similar to what we saw from Lenovo when it first introduced the concept of rollable screens back in 2022. The display looks a little taller than a normal laptop, and then you pull up on the top, apparently, and it makes it even taller, you know, so it unrolls to make a bigger screen. Demos show what look like two screens stacked on top of each other. It is reasonable to expect such a laptop would be shown off at CES, so we will be on the hunt for it when CES kicks off at the beginning of January. ([Time 0:09:20](https://share.snipd.com/snip/e8970082-c0f8-40de-8773-cb36e8dc38c4)) - **Rollable Laptop Considerations** - Consider the portability and weight of rollable laptops. - The rollable display adds screen real estate when needed, but might affect portability. Transcript: Tom Merritt But Shannon, what do you think? Would you want that rollable aspect to your laptop? Shannon Morse Absolutely. I mean, this is so cool. This would give me the opportunity to like, I don't know, edit a thumbnail for one of my videos while I'm editing or watching the final edit of the actual video right below it. Like this would just give me so much more screen real estate than what I can currently get with my laptop. So yes, I would definitely use this. Tom Merritt Sarah, what about you? You want, you want to be able to unroll? I think, I think the cool thing, like, like Shannon's talking about is you have that extra screen space when you need it. Sarah Lane And if you don't need it, you just, yeah, I think that's the key part of this is, uh, you know, for example, you know, I've got my MacBook Air. This is my trusty, you know, road warrior and does not have an expandable screen, although I could make it have one. I need more screen real estate, something like what you're talking about, Shannon, where you have to do one thing, but you definitely have to do another thing at the same time. That's where this stuff comes in handy. And Lenovo's, and again, this is obviously something that the company is showing off as proof of concept at this point. But what they have shown us is pretty compelling. I love it. I think the only reason I would not love it if it was 20 pounds. But if it isn't, then yeah, I'm in. Shannon Morse That's a big concern for myself as well. Because I'm similar to you. I think about portability when it comes to my laptops. And if it's something that I can't put in a laptop and carry or put in my backpack and carry with me onto a plane, or something that I could even open on, you know, the backside of a seat whenever I'm sitting on a plane. Like if it's not something that's actually durable and really easy to use on travel, then I wouldn't want it. So it's going to come down to a lot of those portability options when this one does eventually come out, if it does. ([Time 0:10:04](https://share.snipd.com/snip/ab378f64-e5ef-4d23-a57f-08a8bbb31743)) - **Rollable Screen Revolution?** - Rollable laptops offer more screen space without significantly increasing weight. - 2025 might be the year rollable screens become mainstream. Transcript: Tom Merritt I wonder, well, I would imagine that the display wouldn't add too much poundage, but it's going to add some, right? Because even when rolled up, it weighs something. But I would imagine it's heavy and then if they're designing it right the you know the travel should be better like it should be more compact when you need it to be compact and then yes you Can roll it out and make it bigger uh later uh i am i think i think the reason people are so excited about this and you're seeing so much buzz about it today is not just that evan blast posted It and he has a very good track record for being able to to verify these kind of leaks but but also that it's real right in 2022 we have these exact same conversations like well it looks cool But what you know when are we going to get it and and it seems like well maybe next year this this might be the year we finally get it and that would kick off the rollable revolution the way That, you know, we saw foldable screens, what, 2019, I think at CES, and now foldable phones are expensive, but they're normal. Sarah Lane I mean, I think when it comes to a laptop, I think the rollable option to have more than one screen makes almost more sense than a mobile screen. Sure, you know, people out there might be like, no, no, mobile screen, like that, that's also great. You know, it's fun to have, you know, a foldable mobile device. But what I hear from people more than any other time is when I'm at my desk, you know, I've got my screen, I do my stuff on my screen, and I need that second screen. And if you're, you know, if you have your office set up, as many of us do, then maybe this isn't a need for you today. But when you're on the go, and you're like, man, I have to do everything on this 13 inch screen. That's where I think it comes in handy. Shannon Morse One of the concerns I have with just like the practicality of having a larger screen in a laptop is also the power that it would take to be able to manage having such a large screen and how Long would the battery last. So I'm very curious about these things. Whenever this product does eventually come out, how long would the battery last? How bright can the screen get? A lot of those technical aspects that I find are extremely important when it comes down to my job and being able to get stuff done will really depend on how well this thing is able to do power Consumption. Tom Merritt Do you think CES will be known for rollable screens or will this be a one-off from Lenovo or will Lenovo not even show it? Sarah Lane Hasn't CES wanted to be known for rollable screens for like three years now? Shannon Morse Yeah, I mean, maybe 2025 is the year that we'll finally see rollables be like a very, very popular option at a lot of different booths. But so far, it's been like cute proprietary things, which is cool. But I want to see products coming out and readily available. Tom Merritt It's been concepts in the past. If Evan Blass is right, then this is going to be a shipping product. And if there is a display maker making this for Lenovo, then they're making that display for others as well. And so I wouldn't be shocked to see a few companies, maybe companies you're not familiar with, also demonstrating rollables, whether it actually becomes a trend or not. That's a whole different thing. ([Time 0:12:11](https://share.snipd.com/snip/1ca1f48d-0b3d-4f76-be02-ede334e59f47)) - **Zelle Under Scrutiny** - Zelle, a popular peer-to-peer payment platform, faces scrutiny for inadequate fraud safeguards. - The CFPB is suing Zelle, alleging security flaws and poor fraud investigation practices. Transcript: Sarah Lane Zelle, a major peer-to payment platform operated by bank-owned fintech firm Early Warning Services, is now the biggest of its kind in the U.S. You've got PayPal, you've got Venmo, but Zelle is the most used. But it's also under fire from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CPB, for alleged inadequate fraud safeguards that leave victims unprotected. $806 million flowed through Zill last year. So that's a lot of people moving some money. Only $166 million in transactions were flagged as fraud by users of JPMorgan Bank, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo Bank. And just 38% of those claims were reimbursed. So a lot of people saying, hmm, Zell, not protecting people enough. The CFPB accuses banks of failing to address security flaws, investigate fraud complaints, and consistently report fraudulent activity, all of which allow scams to thrive. We all know this. Early Warning Services, the parent company, defends Zell's fraud prevention efforts, calling the claims misleading and warning that regulatory actions could end up harming consumers And small banks. I don't really know how many small banks would be affected by this. But Shannon, I know you think a lot about security fraud. What do you make of this? ([Time 0:15:43](https://share.snipd.com/snip/de6a4df2-b721-4573-a870-b972e9650cc5)) - **Zelle's Overzealous Security?** - Tom Merritt received fraud warnings when using Zelle. - His bank questioned a Zelle payment to his long-time accountant due to lack of transaction history. Transcript: Tom Merritt Yeah. But if someone steals your cash, who's responsible for giving it back to you? That, I think, is the issue here, is that Zelle is more like cash in many ways. Sarah Lane It's not exactly, yeah, like a Visa card. Tom Merritt It's one thing when I, when I use, uh, when I use my bank and I transfer things from my checking account and then I get become a victim of fraud, there might be a case for the, for the bank, Uh, to cover it. But even then, even then, when you do wire transfers, the bank goes to great lengths to say make sure you know where you're sending that money through the wire transfer not zell because Once it's gone it's gone we will not be able to get it back to you i've used zell one time i got all those exact same kinds of warnings like when you sell this when you send this it's cash we Can't get it back for you. Even though 38% of the time they were able to get it back, apparently. But most of the time they're like, this is like giving somebody cash. You're not getting it back. And in fact, I was trying to pay my accountant with Zell. And they called me and said, well, we see that you're trying to send money to this person. Have you ever done business with them before? I'm like, yeah, she's been my accountant are they shaking you down for 10 years and they're like well i don't see any other transactions to this person i'm like not through zell no but If you look at my bank account i've been writing checks to them and i would like to not have to write a paper check to them because they take zell uh and it it felt overzealous i was sort of Thankful. I was very polite and happy. Like, yes, I'm happy you're preventing fraud. So I'm surprised to see this. ([Time 0:17:53](https://share.snipd.com/snip/bc84713b-2513-4548-ba27-62c86b17aee6)) - **Zelle Lawsuit** - The CFPB is suing Zelle, not for breaking specific rules, but for alleged negligence. - The lawsuit argues Zelle should refund money lost due to phishing, even with security measures in place. Transcript: Tom Merritt First of all, this is not a regulatory action. This is a lawsuit, which is a kind of regulatory action, depending on how you look at it. But it's not like they're enforcing a rule. They're claiming negligence. So it's slightly different than just saying, oh, there was a rule here that you didn't follow. They're going to try to convince a judge that they didn't take enough precautions, not that they didn't follow the rules. And what they're saying is Zelle required a user to have an email address or phone number and enter a one-time passcode from the participating financial institution. So you had to know they had an email or phone number that was them. And then the financial institution would send a code and they would put that code in. And they're not even claiming there was like SIM jacking or anything. They're saying people got on the phone and tricked them into giving them that code. They phished the code out and they're saying that that's the bank's fault. I have a little bit of an issue with that. It's one thing to say like this isn't a secure way of doing the codes, but that's not the argument. The argument is and because the people were tricked into giving their codes, it's the bank's fault and they should refund the money. And I'm not sure that's true. I mean, don't get me wrong. I'm not defending phishing, but I don't know that that's the bank's fault that someone got phished. Granted, maybe putting in rules that say banks need to inform people more on how to not get phished. ([Time 0:21:34](https://share.snipd.com/snip/f055b43d-c3c7-4025-8f18-343157351958)) - **YouTube's New Policies** - YouTube creators can now control AI model training access to their content. - YouTube will address misleading video titles and thumbnails, especially for news. Transcript: Sarah Lane On Monday, YouTube announced it will give creators more control over how their content can be used by third parties to train AI models. Eligible creators will be able to flag content, permitting specific third-party AI companies to train models on their content. The default setting won't allow third parties to train on their videos, so you have to opt in. Tuesday, YouTube announced it's partnering with the Creative Arts Agency, or CAA. If you live in LA, it's a really big one, to start testing a tool next year that will let professionals identify content that uses their AI-generated likeness on the platform and submit Requests for their removal. Wednesday, YouTube said it will crack down harder on videos with misleading titles on thumbnails, pretty much clickbait, especially related to news and current events, because Then it turns into, you know, kind of a fake news conversation. Issue a strike. The company didn't offer details on how it will decide what qualifies as news or current events or how it will determine if a title or thumbnail crosses the line. So we got a lot of stuff going on from YouTube this week, Shannon. And as a YouTube creator, what do you think? ([Time 0:25:35](https://share.snipd.com/snip/e9fedf3b-9375-4a7f-b2a5-fb5c04bb669b)) - **Clickbait Crackdown** - YouTube's crackdown on clickbait could improve watch times. - Clearer titles and thumbnails might encourage viewers to stay longer. Transcript: Shannon Morse Oh, man. Yeah. I'm kind of excited about the changes that they are implementing. All three of them seem to be really good, positive changes, especially for creators when it comes down to it. With the story about the clickbaity titles and thumbnails, that's extremely relevant because not only if you're creating clickbait, that can cause you to have lower watch times because People might click into your videos, downvote it, and then click away. So they're not sticking around to see all the ads that you might integrate it into your video or whatever it might be. So that's going to be a positive for people. And I hope that it educates creators on how to properly do thumbnails and titles in the long run so that they do gain a loyal audience as opposed to just creating things that get one and Done clicks. So that's a positive for sure. ([Time 0:26:55](https://share.snipd.com/snip/ec6d48db-91ae-4242-93db-c83117d2d3cd)) - **Effective Thumbnails and Titles** - Use color science and character limits strategically in thumbnails and titles. - Evoke emotions and use questions or images to engage viewers. Transcript: Sarah Lane That would. I mean, do you have, I mean, is there sort of like a one, two, three method that you would say like, here's how you get people to really want to watch that video because you want them to watch The video. Yeah. Not why about what the video has. Shannon Morse That's a good question. I use a whole lot of analytics and I use a lot of research to go into like how I do my own thumbnails on my own channel. And I don't think they're perfect by any sense. But there's even like color science that you can use for thumbnails. And there's specific wording and like how many characters you should use in your titles. So there's a lot of science behind like how to get people to click on a video. But when it comes down to it, I try to invoke some kind of emotion behind my videos. And it's not necessarily something clickbaity, but I might include a question on the thumbnail, or I might include a picture of the item that I'm reviewing. So people know exactly what the topic is. But that can be a lot easier when it comes to tech videos, as opposed to if you're doing something that's more story driven, like how do you keep that from becoming something that is clickbaity? So then we have all these stories about AI and what's going on there and how YouTube is trying to protect the creators who are on their platform currently, really appreciate the part That they're partnering with the creative artists agency to help, you know, different content creators and professionals find if their AI or if their likeness is being used for some Kind of AI generation. ([Time 0:27:53](https://share.snipd.com/snip/3f88d602-a6fa-4943-9927-1db6dc5b63e5)) - **Protecting Creator Likeness** - MKBHD discovered a brand using his voice for advertising without permission. - YouTube's partnership with CAA aims to help creators protect their likeness from AI misuse. Transcript: Shannon Morse Previously, I know it's been a few months now, but I think it was MKBHD found a brand was using what sounded like his voice to advertise a product. Yes, yes, yes. Yeah. Which is extremely relevant in this year. And I hope that YouTube partnering with CAA is going to help determine whenever things like this are happening. So us creators can be able to take those things down or have some kind of control over our likeness before it gets way out of hand and people think that we're like advertising something Sarah Lane That we're not really advertising what was the one um i'm sorry was it the first version of sora that sounded like scarlett johansson yes yes it was the advanced voice mode for first version Of the advanced voice mode that they demonstrated yeah yeah and she was she the actress was like it does sound like me and i'm not part of this and i have a problem with it so as as a content Shannon Morse Creator i would like to have the choice when it comes down to it like if i do want to use some ai generation tool for my voice if i like if i i don't know have a sore throat and i need to use it uh It be nice to have that control and not allow other parties to use my likeness just for some kind of like branded sponsorship or something when I don't have any say in the matter, especially If my contracts don't involve any kind of likeness licenses. So I think this is a really good choice that YouTube is making to protect us. And then we just recently heard about the ability to opt in. ([Time 0:29:26](https://share.snipd.com/snip/b1bae795-45e3-4c77-8691-1ee745440311)) - **AI Training Opt-In** - YouTube now allows creators to opt-in to third-party AI training. - Creators can choose which specific AI companies can access their content. Transcript: Shannon Morse Luckily, it is automatically opted out of third party AI training, which has also been a very hot topic in the content creator space in the last several months, mainly because there Have been a few, like, I guess you could call them libraries associated with AI using videos for some kind of training, whether that's just looking at titles and thumbnails or images From videos or descriptions from videos or the videos themselves. There has been a little bit of that happening. So now that YouTube is integrating the ability to choose to opt in if you want to, or just leave it opt out right on your dashboard in the studio is extremely useful for all content creators. ([Time 0:31:07](https://share.snipd.com/snip/662d929e-7a06-45e1-bc45-65525bc7dbea)) - **Handling AI Hallucinations** - Treat AI chat's "hallucinations" as bad queries, similar to off-base Google search results. - Refine your prompts to get better answers from AI. Transcript: Sarah Lane Let's do it. Don wrote in, with all the extra AI stories because of the open AI daily announcements, I've been overwhelmed with the number of times I've heard about hallucinations. Don says, every time I hear that, it's like fingernails on a chalkboard. I think the conversational manner of AI chat seems like talking to a person. This is just the age-old case of garbage in, garbage out. If I search on Google, it often gives off-base answers. We see this as a bad query, and then we adjust the prompt. Does the personified AI chat answer change the view of bad answers? ([Time 0:33:31](https://share.snipd.com/snip/3b5ee14d-513f-4e78-b73f-8490c7131322)) - **AI Hallucinations vs. Wrong Information** - AI hallucinations differ from incorrect information. - Hallucinations are fabrications, creating something entirely new, not just getting facts wrong. Transcript: Tom Merritt You know, I think Don has got a point that hallucination gets overused. It gets thrown around a lot. Sometimes it's not exactly used properly. But I would say to Don a little bit that when it is used precisely, there is something different about an AI hallucination than just wrong information. And I think there should be a distinction made between, oh, it got it wrong and it hallucinated. When it hallucinates the way I understand it and the way I use it, it is creating something out of nothing. It's not just wrong. It's imagining something, right? And so that whole conversation yesterday about 100 to Butts is not just it got it wrong. It created 100 to Butts. It created a character and a whole backstory around them. And to me, it's like, okay, that deserves more than just that's wrong information. That is made up information. That's a hallucination. Yeah, ([Time 0:34:07](https://share.snipd.com/snip/36142ea6-1869-474d-8aec-965b71db671f)) - **AI in Emergency Services** - AI could supplement emergency calls, offering guidance and collecting information. - Use cases include 911, poison control, and other informational services. Transcript: Tom Merritt Then Jason wrote in, uh, I just thought of a future use case for the chat GPT phone number. I recently had the experience of calling 911 for a medical emergency. The operator was awesome and collected the necessary information for the emergency, then guided us through performing CPR. I can see an AI supplementing some of these emergency type calls. 911, poison control, 311, 411, et cetera. Oh my gosh, is 411 still around? Let's call 411 and find out. Yeah, of course it's still around. I don't know how many people use it, but it's still there. Sarah Lane Oh, that's great. I used to use 411 all the time. What is the 411? That is, Jason, I think you're right. I think there's going to be a world where when you call 911 or whatever it's called at the time, you're going to get an AI model of a person who's designed to help you or whoever, you know, Whatever the situation is, you know, help somebody perform CPR or otherwise. I don't think we're there yet, but that does seem to be a good use case for this when performed correctly. Tom Merritt Yeah, these got to be ironclad for 911. I could see it maybe collecting information and referring you as a way to kind of help with call load. I don't know if they're ready to help you perform CPR. I think in some very narrow agentic cases, maybe, maybe they're reliable enough for that. Certainly for things like 411 and 311 is the digging one, I think. Is that right? Like, can I, can I safely dig in certain places? They might be pretty useful for that. Poison control where the information can be on rails. Yeah. Yeah. ([Time 0:35:53](https://share.snipd.com/snip/90294c5a-b0dc-4e5d-b471-715a56bd9bb8))