YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake detection tool to politicians and journalists
TL;DR
Public officials and journalists will soon be able to keep track of AI-generated deepfakes of themselves on YouTube through the platform's likeness detection feature. The tool is already available to millions of content creators on YouTube, but beginning Tuesday, it will expand to a pilot group of journalists, government officials, and political candidates. (At a briefing with reporters, YouTube declined to share who was in the pilot group, including whether Donald Trump is part of it.
Nauti's Take
YouTube's deepfake detection expansion to politicians sounds noble—until you realize it's still a closed pilot with zero transparency about who's actually protected. If Donald Trump's face isn't in the system, what's even the point?
Briefingshow
Likeness detection at scale sets a precedent for how platforms handle synthetic media—watch this space closely.
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