YouTube Drops Tools to Detect AI-Generated Content

YouTube is taking action against the growing wave of AI-generated content.

Their automated system, Content ID, now has a tool to spot synthetic singing. This will help partners automatically detect and handle AI-generated content that mimics their singing voices.

This change follows the viral AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd song that shook the music industry. Earlier this year, over 200 artists, including Billie Eilish, J Balvin, Nicki Minaj, Stevie Wonder, and REM, signed a letter urging protection against AI imitating their voices, likenesses, and style.

But YouTube isn’t stopping there. They’re also working on tech to spot AI-generated videos that use faces of creators and celebrities. These updates are part of YouTube’s broader plan to fight back against misleading AI usage.

“We think AI should boost creativity, not replace it,” said Amjad Hanif, YouTube’s VP of creator products, in a recent blog. “We’re working with partners to make sure AI helps amplify their voices. Our tools will keep evolving to tackle these concerns.”

To stop viewers from being misled by AI content, Google and YouTube are building tools to alert creators when AI copies their voices or faces. Hanif shared more on these upcoming tools, aimed at protecting creators.

The new tool inside Content ID will help YouTube’s partners catch AI-generated singing voices. This feature might be live as soon as early next year. Plus, other tech in the works will allow actors, athletes, creators, and musicians to manage AI content that wrongly shows their faces on YouTube.

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