His "face just didn't look right. 'Man, my hair looks strange', he says. 'And the closer I looked it almost seemed like I was wearing makeup.' … 'am just I imagining things?'" 

It turns out, he wasn't. In recent months, YouTube has secretly used artificial intelligence (AI) to tweak people's videos.

… some disturbed YouTubers say it gives their content a subtle and unwelcome AI-generated feeling."

😑 #StopTheAIslop #invasiveAI #eww
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Adam Retchless (@[email protected])

From the BBC: "YouTube made AI enhancements to videos without telling users or asking permission. As AI quietly mediates our world, what happens to our shared connection with real life?" As a scientist, this is extremely disturbing. The day-to-day tools that we use to collect and share information are being subtly corrupted by manufacturers who are more concerned with marketing than science. We now have to worry about another layer of integrity checks. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250822-youtube-is-using-ai-to-edit-videos-without-permission #scicomm #data

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