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Alofoke is a storyteller who uses YouTube as a platform to give a global voice to creators from the Dominican Republic and the Caribbean. The Alofoke Radio Show concert features a lineup including Eladio Carrión. The platform has evolved over a decade, empowering individuals to express themselves equally.

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The event was held at Pier 57 in New York City, featuring appearances by top creators including AdamW, Adrian Bliss, Haley Pham, HopeScope, Joe Ando, Patricia Bright, and Tommyinnit. The event also included a fireside chat and performance from d4vd.

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YouTube is introducing a new feature called 'hype' that allows fans to support emerging creators by connecting them with new audiences. Creators with under 500,000 subscribers can have their videos hyped, and the more hype it gets, the higher it climbs on a leaderboard. Fans can hype up to three times per week, and in the future, they will be able to purchase additional hypes to support their favorite creators.

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YouTube is introducing AI-powered opportunities for creators, aiming to unlock new forms of expression and put its power to work for their creative vision. The platform is unveiling new ways to connect people, ignite creativity, drive businesses, and champion new voices at Made on YouTube.

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To get started with Fantasy Football, you'll need to draft your team after finding a league. The draft order is typically determined randomly, and each manager will take turns selecting players until all roster spots are filled. Once your team is drafted, you'll need to manage it throughout the season by setting your lineup, making waiver wire claims, and trading players, while also keeping an eye on player injuries and bye weeks.

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YouTube is developing new tools to protect creators and artists, including synthetic-singing identification technology to detect AI-generated content simulating their singing voices, and technology to enable people to detect and manage AI-generated content showing their faces on YouTube. The pilot program for the synthetic-singing technology is planned for early next year.

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YouTube is introducing a new Family Center hub, allowing parents and teens to link their accounts and view shared insights into the teen's channel activity, including uploads, subscriptions, and comments. Parents will receive proactive email notifications at key events, such as video uploads or livestreams, with resources from Common Sense Networks to offer advice on responsible content creation. This experience is rolling out globally to families this week, building on the existing supervised experience for pre-teens.

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and official broadcasters brought over 30 top YouTube creators to Paris, including Rick Azas, Liza Baez, and Haley Kalil, to provide unique perspectives on the Paris 2024 Olympics. YouTube viewers watched over 40 billion minutes of Olympics content, with over 12 billion views and 850 million unique viewers. The content was available on the official Olympics YouTube channel and official broadcasters' YouTube channels.

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The Weeknd is one of the most-viewed artists on YouTube, with over 6 billion views in the past 12 months. He has five videos with over 1 billion views, including 'The Hills' and 'Starboy' featuring Daft Punk. His 2020 album 'After Hours' is the #1 most streamed R&B album of all time, followed by his 2016 album 'Starboy' at #2. He will perform an exclusive concert in São Paulo on September 7th, starting at 5 PM.

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