Weedout hides AI-labeled YouTube videos in Safari — $2
Unlike other ad-hoc filters that try to detect AI content themselves, Weedout leans entirely on YouTube's own labeling system. That means it's fast and local — nothing gets sent to a server — but it also means it won't catch AI videos that YouTube hasn't tagged yet. The tradeoff is intentional: accuracy over coverage.
For anyone spending serious time on YouTube, especially researchers or viewers trying to avoid the flood of auto-generated conspiracy-style content, this is about as lightweight a solution as it gets. Install it once, and the labeled videos just disappear.
It works on macOS Safari only right now. The extension source is public on GitHub for anyone who wants to fork it independently — note that pull requests aren't accepted, the repo is explicitly for standalone forks rather than upstream contributions.
GitHub: github.com/masteranza/weedout-for-youtube
Quick notes:
- Price: $1.99 one-time purchase
- Platform: Safari on macOS
- Method: Uses YouTube's "Made with AI" label, no external detection
- Privacy: Runs locally, no tracking or data collection
- Limitations: Only filters labeled videos; unlabeled AI content still shows
If you're tired of wading through AI-generated noise and want a no-config way to clean up your feed, this feels worth the couple bucks. It won't solve everything, but it handles the most obvious stuff quietly and efficiently.