-0.20 YouTube will now show ads on all videos even if creators don’t want them (www.forbes.com)
974 points by patrickaljord 1929 days ago | 758 comments on HN | Mild negative ~lite vlite-1.4
Summary ~lite Economic Rights Neglects
Article discusses YouTube's ad policy change without emphasizing creator rights
EQ 0.40
SO 0.50
TD 0.60
Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available
Longitudinal · 2 evals
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Audit Trail 5 entries
2026-03-01 03:44 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild negative (-0.20) - -
2026-03-01 03:44 model_divergence Cross-model spread 0.30 exceeds threshold (2 models) - -
2026-03-01 03:44 eval Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: -0.20 (Mild negative)
reasoning
Editorial on YouTube ad policy, slight negative lean
2026-03-01 03:40 eval_success Lite evaluated: Mild positive (0.10) - -
2026-03-01 03:40 eval Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.10 (Mild positive)
reasoning
News article on YouTube ads policy