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New YouTube policy targets AI content that simulates people's face or voice
YouTube is introducing a new tool to help combat deep fakes and AI-generated content
To combat the issue, YouTube quietly introduced a new policy change in June (thanks, TechCrunch) that lets users request a takedown of AI-generated or other synthetic content that simulates their face or voice. “If someone has used AI to alter or create synthetic content that looks or sounds like you, you can ask for it to be removed,” reads the new policy on YouTube’s support page. You’ll have seen countless clips of Joe Biden, Donald Trump, and others speaking words they would genuinely never say online, but sometimes it isn’t always obvious that what you’re seeing is a deep fake.
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