Policy

‘Toxics and failures’: former Google developer attacks YouTube recommendations policy

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According to Chaslot, the metric used by the algorithm to determine whether a recommendation worked is displayed time, which may help companies who wish to advertise, but does not accurately reflect what the user wants, and has consequences. “It’s not intrinsically appalling that YouTube uses artificial intelligence to recommend videos for you, because if the … Read more

YouTube Takes Against Terrorism and Adopts New Policy for Offensive Videos

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It’s not just HBO and Facebook that are stepping up investments in the fight against piracy, but Google as well. In an official statement on YouTube’s blog, on Tuesday (1), the Mountain View company announced the use of Machine Learning algorithms to isolate and delete videos considered offensive on the platform as quickly as possible, including … Read more