YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tool to politicians and journalists

YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tool, currently available to millions of creators, to a pilot group including journalists, government officials, and political candidates starting Tuesday. This likeness detection feature scans videos for matches to individuals in the program, allowing them to request content removal based on YouTube's privacy policy, which includes exceptions for parody and satire. To enroll, individuals must submit a video and government ID, which YouTube states will only be used for this feature. While the volume of removal requests from current creators is low, YouTube acknowledges politicians may view deepfakes differently. The platform is also exploring allowing monetization for AI-generated deepfakes in the future, though expanding the detection feature to the general public is not currently planned.

(Source：The Verge)