🥊YouTube To Fight AI

YouTube unveils new tools to shield creators from AI impersonation

Key Points 

• YouTube's new tools will help creators detect and manage AI-generated content that mimics their voice or appearance.

• The platform will pilot a tool for synthetic-singing identification next year and is developing deepfake detection technology.

• YouTube is also enhancing defenses against unauthorized scraping and will give creators more control over third-party AI usage.

🎥News - YouTube is introducing new tools designed to help creators manage content that imitates their voice or appearance using generative AI. According to their announcement, this new technology aims to protect creators and partners while allowing them to leverage AI creatively and responsibly.

⏩What's changing? YouTube is introducing two new tools to protect creators from misuse of their content by generative AI. The first tool, for synthetic-singing identification, will help artists detect and manage content that mimics their singing voices and will be tested in a pilot program next year. Another tool under development will identify deepfake images of creators, though its release date is not yet known.

YouTube is also cracking down on unauthorized scraping of its content, which has been used by various AI companies to train their systems. The platform plans to block scrapers and enhance detection systems to prevent such activities. Additionally, YouTube aims to provide creators with more control over how third-party AI companies use their content, with more details to be shared later this year.

Bill Gates on the benefits, risks, and energy use of artificial intelligence

Key Points 

• Bill Gates sees AI as a major boost for productivity in education and medicine.

• He remains optimistic about AI’s positive impact, despite concerns about disinformation and potential misuse of disruptive tools.

☕News - In a recent interview, Bill Gates shared his thoughts on AI, misinformation, and climate change.

Gates mentioned that in his daily life, he often turns to OpenAI's ChatGPT when he needs help understanding new topics or writing something. He also likes using the AI feature in Microsoft Teams to summarize meetings.

When asked if AI is a threat, Gates said he's more focused on its potential to improve areas like education and medicine. He believes AI will significantly boost productivity in the next decade, which is great news. However, he did acknowledge that AI could be misused, but overall, he's optimistic about its positive impact.

🎙️What's more? One of the big downsides of AI is its heavy energy use. Bill Gates said that Microsoft, like other tech companies, is working on using clean energy to cut down on pollution. He also pointed out that even in a worst-case scenario, AI data centers would add less than 10% to overall energy consumption.

On the topic of disinformation, Gates doesn’t see AI as a major threat, except when it comes to creating disruptive tools. Ultimately, he’s confident that the good AI can do will outweigh the negatives.