Celebrities will be able to find and request removal of AI deepfakes on YouTube

YouTube is expanding its AI deepfake monitoring feature to Hollywood — meaning some celebrity AI videos could soon disappear. Celebrities will be able to find and request removal of AI deepfakes on YouTube The platform’s likeness detection tool scans the platform for AI lookalikes and flags them for potential removal. The platform’s likeness detection tool scans the platform for AI lookalikes and flags them for potential removal. The platform’s likeness detection feature searches YouTube for AI deepfake content and flags it for public figures enrolled in the program. Public figures can use it to keep track of AI content on YouTube of themselves or request removal (takedowns are evaluated against YouTube’s privacy policy, and not every request will be approved). YouTube began testing the feature with content creators last fall; in March, the company expanded the program to politicians and…