📱 YouTube Quietly Used AI to Tweak Creators' Videos

YouTube has admitted it applied AI "enhancements" to some uploads without alerting creators, after users spotted subtle but obvious edits to color, clarity, and skin tone. Music YouTuber Rick Beato, who has five million subscribers, was among the first to notice: "My hair looked strange, almost like I was wearing makeup," he told the BBC, wondering if he was imagining things—but he wasn't.

The revelation has triggered a backlash from creators, who say any alteration without consent erodes trust, even if YouTube calls the changes harmless "improvements."

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