In this episode, we discuss how a Reuters article reports on the removal of numerous AI-generated Bollywood videos from YouTube following a news story that highlighted their similarity to content involved in a significant legal challenge.
Specifically, celebrity couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan filed a lawsuit seeking to protect their intellectual property rights and challenge YouTube’s AI training policies regarding unauthorized content.
After Reuters' reporting, hundreds of AI-manipulated videos, many sexually explicit or misleading, were deleted, including content from a popular channel with millions of views that featured AI depictions of celebrities kissing or romancing.
While YouTube stated the channel was removed by its creator and that the company prohibits doctored and misleading content, other similar infringing videos remained accessible even after the purge.
This situation underscores the ongoing tension between AI manipulation, celebrity rights, and platform responsibility in one of YouTube's largest global markets, India.
