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Title: YouTube's Likeness Detection Has Arrived To Help Stop AI Doppelgangers

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/10/21/2250...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: AI content has
proliferated across the Internet over the past few years, but those early
confabulations with mutated hands have evolved into synthetic images and
videos that can be hard to differentiate from reality. Having helped to
create this problem, Google has some responsibility to keep AI video in check
on YouTube. To that end, the company has started rolling out its promised
likeness detection system for creators. [...] The likeness detection tool,
which is similar to the site's copyright detection system, has now expanded
beyond the initial small group of testers. YouTube says the first batch of
eligible creators have been notified that they can use likeness detection,
but interested parties will need to hand Google even more personal
information to get protection from AI fakes. Currently, likeness detection is
a beta feature in limited testing, so not all creators will see it as an
option in YouTube Studio. When it does appear, it will be tucked into the
existing "Content detection" menu. In YouTube's demo video, the setup flow
appears to assume the channel has only a single host whose likeness needs
protection. That person must verify their identity, which requires a photo of
a government ID and a video of their face. It's unclear why YouTube needs
this data in addition to the videos people have already posted with their oh-
so stealable faces, but rules are rules. After signing up, YouTube will flag
videos from other channels that appear to have the user's face. YouTube's
algorithm can't know for sure what is and is not an AI video. So some of the
face match results may be false positives from channels that have used a
short clip under fair use guidelines. If creators do spot an AI fake, they
can add some details and submit a report in a few minutes. If the video
includes content copied from the creator's channel that does not adhere to
fair use guidelines, YouTube suggests also submitting a copyright removal
request. However, just because a person's likeness appears in an AI video
does not necessarily mean YouTube will remove it.

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