YouTube on Wednesday said it would expand access to its artificial intelligence (AI) detection tool to politicians and journalists. The company will allow a pilot group of lawmakers and reporters to ...

YouTube's AI deepfake detection tool is becoming available to politicians, journalists, and officials, letting them flag unauthorized likenesses for removal.

The tool, previously only available to Hollywood stars and some top YouTube creators, will allow these high-profile users to flag deepfakes or other AI-generated content that features their likeness.

YouTube is expanding its AI “likeness detection” system to journalists, government officials, and political candidates to help detect deepfake videos impersonating them.

The tool lets verified users request unauthorized AI-generated videos featuring their likeness to be taken down.

The tool aims to protect users at the center of political discourse and identify AI-generated videos that resemble their appearance.

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 ...

The latest expansion comes after the Google-owned video platform rolled out the tool to over 5,000 creators in October ...

Social media companies are under pressure to crack down on so-called deepfake videos that use deceptive images of real people.

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