The Trump administration launched a 24/7 YouTube streaming channel called Trump TV days after barring reporters from three major news outlets from the White House. The channel promises to showcase White House events and presidential moments directly to viewers.
Fraudulent YouTube tutorials claiming to teach users how to build crypto arbitrage bots using Anthropic's Claude AI drained more than $517,000 in Ethereum from at least 224 victims, as blockchain intelligence reports a 440% surge in hackers using AI to hide malicious code on blockchains.
Input Output Group warned Cardano users to avoid its YouTube channel after it was hijacked and began livestreaming a suspected AI-manipulated video of Charles Hoskinson promising to double viewers' wealth in a cryptocurrency scam.
Popular science YouTuber Hank Green announced he will pause his main channel after facing fan backlash and admitting to overreliance on ChatGPT and other AI tools for research. Green, who has 3.2 million subscribers, apologized for using AI to locate papers and resources, calling his usage 'not healthy.'
Music publisher Round Hill has filed lawsuits against AI companies Suno and Anthropic, alleging illegal scraping of copyrighted music for training data. The legal action follows a major leak of Suno's source code revealing the company trained its AI music generator on over 2 million scraped YouTube songs.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on June 15, 2026, that the UK will ban social media platforms including Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook and X from offering services to children under 16. Experts and affected teenagers have raised concerns about enforcement challenges and the policy's effectiveness.
