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YouTube cracks down on AI content mimicking crime victims

YouTube updates policies to ban AI-simulated content of minors and crime victims, targeting disturbing true crime videos.

YouTube is taking steps to combat cyberbullying and harassment on its platform by updating its policies to prohibit content that uses artificial intelligence to simulate minors and other crime victims narrating their own deaths or experiences of violence, as per The Verge. This move targets a disturbing trend in true crime content, where AI-generated voices, often childlike, are used to describe gruesome acts of violence in high-profile cases. YouTube’s decision to update its cyberbullying and harassment policies reflects a growing need to regulate AI-generated content, especially when it involves sensitive subjects like crime victims.

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