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YouTube says it applies to realistic altered media such as making it appear as if a real building caught fire or swapping the face of one individual with anothers...
It is also striking for what it permits: AI-generated animations aimed at kids are not subject to the new synthetic content disclosure rules.. YouTubes new policies exclude animated content altogether from the disclosure requirement..
The exemption for animation in YouTubes new policy could mean that parents cannot easily filter such videos out of search results or keep YouTubes recommendation algorithm from autoplaying AI-generated cartoons after setting up their child to watch popular and thoroughly vetted channels like PBS Kids or Ms. Rachel...
We require kids content creators to disclose content that is meaningfully altered or synthetically generated when it seems realistic, says YouTube spokesperson Elena Hernandez..
So far, most of the apparently AI-generated childrens content WIRED found on YouTube has been poorly made in similar ways to more conventional low-effort kids animations..
