I’ve been experimenting with different automations and command line utilities to handle audio and video transcripts lately. In particular, I’ve been working with Simon Willison’s LLM command line ...

Daniel writes guides on how to use the internet, explainers on how modern technology works, and the occasional smartwatch or e-reader review. He especially likes deep diving into niche topics that ...

Some of the world's largest tech companies trained their AI models on a dataset that included transcripts of more than 173,000 YouTube videos without permission, a new investigation from Proof News ...

Long YouTube videos can be packed with useful information, but finding the time to rewatch them, or take notes manually, ...

Omar Gallaga has covered technology, digital culture and other topics for outlets including CNET, NPR, WIRED, Texas Monthly, MSNBC, Consumer Reports, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The ...

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) companies scraped YouTube video transcripts to train their engines, claims a new report. Several popular YouTubers such as MrBeast and Marques Brownlee have ...

Did you know that instead of watching a YouTube video, you can read it? That sounds extremely counter-productive in the age of video-everything, but there’s a semi-hidden transcript function on ...

YouTube videos are an amazing source of knowledge. But they’re often long, and trying to find a specific shred of info within an hour-long video isn’t exactly a great use of your time. Google will ...