YouTube viewers will start seeing ads after ‘peak’ moments in videos

Submitted ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BrikoX@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

YouTube’s new ad format leverages Gemini AI to identify moments it believes have the highest viewer engagement to place the ad after.

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lime@feddit.nu ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
which, with the current sponsorblock herd immunity, means they’ll go right at the end of sponsored segments.

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nepenthes@feddit.it ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
AdNauseam + uBlock Origin

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Stillwater@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I figured this was already happening

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ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I guess we’ll be pushing the ads to the end then. The peaks are usually after in-video ads.

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