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YouTube admits it's been secretly enhancing videos with AI

Understandably, YouTube's decision hasn't gone down well

Google has finally admitted that it has been testing an AI-enhancing feature on YouTube videos – something that plenty of creators have suspected in recent months. According to a post on X from Rene Ritchie, YouTube's head of editorial, the feature uses "traditional machine learning" to reduce blur and noise while sharpening the displayed image. The feature was rolled out to YouTube Shorts earlier this year, and according to ArsTechnica, users reported issues with artifacts and a distracting smoothing effect that evidenced the use of AI.

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