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YouTube has removed 20 channels after Semafor traced an AI news network that hired real actors

YouTube has removed 20 channels after Semafor traced an AI news network that hired real actors
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YouTube has terminated 20 channels in a network that paid gig-economy actors $26 a video to read AI-generated scripts attacking Democratic politicians. The network reached 45 million views because putting a real face in front of an AI pipeline defeats every synthetic-media detector platforms have built. Enforcement came only after Semafor and Riddance AI published, […] This story continues at The Next Web

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