Journalists and public officials will soon be able to keep track YouTube has a feature that detects similarity and can produce deepfakes of users.
This tool has already been downloaded available to millions of content creators on YouTubeYouTube has declined to reveal who is in the pilot group, including whether Donald Trump is part of it, at a briefing with reporters. YouTube refused to reveal who is in the group of pilots, or if Donald Trump was included, at a press briefing. Likeness detection is similar to Content ID, which scans YouTube for copyrighted material — except likeness detection looks for people’s faces. The program allows users to request YouTube remove content when there is a match. Not all requests are approved, however. The removals are determined by YouTube’s privacy policyThe law also allows for parody, satire and other forms of content.
“YouTube has a long history of protecting free expression, and that includes parody, satire, and political critique. If a video of a world leader is clear parody, it’s likely to stay up,” Leslie Miller is YouTube’s Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Policy. “We evaluate every removal request under our longstanding privacy guidelines to ensure we’re not stifling the very civic discourse we’re trying to protect.”
Individuals will need to provide a video and government-issued ID in order to join the program. YouTube claims that the data collected will only be utilized for the Likeness Detection feature. Individuals can opt out of the program or request YouTube to delete the data.
Amjad Hanif is the vice president for creator products at YouTube. He said the number of requests that content creators have made to remove their videos under this policy so far has been a lot. “actually very small.”
“They may see lots of matches, and I think for a lot of them, it’s just been the awareness of what’s been created, but the volume of actual removal requests is really, really low because most of it turns out to be fairly benign or additive to their overall business,” Hanif spoke. Politicians, of course, may not see it the same way — but Hanif did hint at the possibility of allowing monetization on AI-generated deepfakes in the future.
“You may find that folks in the industry want to allow that, and that’s something that we’re investing in and we have a long history and experience in,” “He said”
YouTube and others have wrestled for years with AI generated content, beginning with moderation. a flood of AI soundalike music AI deepfakes are fakes that imitate real artists. Deepfakes AI are a problem for average individuals, not just celebrities, journalists, and politicians — but having everyone in the world in the likeness detection feature is “probably not” Hanif explained that the new feature would be limited, for the time being, to celebrities and newsmakers. The option for individuals to remove AI deepfakes is still available. through a complaint process.) YouTube is a popular platform that has grown in popularity over the past few months. cracked down on some low-quality AI slop channels The platform boasts millions of members who subscribe to its anti-spam policy. also dinged channels making fake AI movie trailers.
The creator’s perspective is important. it’s AI all the way downYouTube announced that it has a number of AI tools for creators to use in order to plan, optimize, and create their YouTube videos. AI content reaches into every corner of the platform — a recent New York Times Story details how children are being fed low-quality AI videos Claim to be an educational.
