Creator News: Disclose AI-generated content on YouTube, Yahoo for Creators, Threads in fediverse

Updates for the week ending March 24, 2024 include required disclosure of AI-generated content on YouTube, plus updates to YouTube Analytics and auto-captions; new opportunities for writers and bloggers with the Yahoo for Creators program; Threads joins the fediverse, gets trending topics and lets you turn on political content; X highlights pinned posts and more.

00:00 Intro
01:06 YouTube requires disclosure of altered, synthetic, AI content
03:43 Examples of AI-generated content that must be disclosed
05:26 Penalties for not disclosing AI-generated content on YouTube
09:04 YouTube Studio Analytics: Analyze retention graph by audience segment
10:16 YouTube testing viewer corrections to automatic captions
11:38 Don't delete your old YouTube videos!
13:26 Yahoo for Creators opportunity for writers
18:13 Google Search Liaison begs SEOs to make sites for people
20:44 Threads enters the fediverse
22:39 Mastodon servers that federate with Threads
24:28 Trending topics on Threads
25:44 Opt in to political content on Threads & Instagram
27:50 Instagram hashtag search improvements
28:51 X highlights pinned posts from people you follow
30:33 Facebook recommending AI-generated spam

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[CookbookDivas]

I really appreciate how careful and conscientious you are to include chapters in your videos! Really helpful so I can skip over the platforms I don't use, like Threads and X, and get to your other valuable news.

[CookbookDivasShops]

Did you just say Yahoo? I feel like it's been a decade since I even heard the word Yahoo (other than I still have an email account there!)