As news emerges that YouTube will limit 'revenue' generation for repetitive and mass-produced content created using artificial intelligence (AI), expectations grow about whether the fake news originating from YouTube that has plagued stars will disappear.
On the 9th, according to multiple foreign IT media outlets, YouTube will update the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) revenue generation guidelines starting on the 15th. This update aims to address two types of content deemed 'inauthentic.'
This policy, aimed at addressing mass-produced and repetitive content, will halt revenue generation if it lacks originality and real value for viewers.
Accordingly, reusing third-party materials without significant modification, using a machine voice (text-to-speech) instead of one's own voice, and repeatedly posting the same type of video will be included. In other words, it will be completely impossible to generate revenue if videos are made 100% by AI.
Currently, low-quality videos using AI are rampant on YouTube. This has led many stars in the entertainment industry to fall victim to fake news. There has been a rise in videos that artificially create the appearance of a celebrity having died by superimposing the celebrity's photo onto images of a funeral, using text-to-speech audio, resulting in viewers believing the news without verification.
In fact, many, including singer Na Hoon-a, comedian Shin Gi-ru, entertainer Kang Ho-dong, singer Hong Seo-beom, and actress Ko Hyun-jung, have been caught up in death rumors and have taken steps to debunk the fake news themselves.
Particularly, Ko Hyun-jung was shocked when she first encountered the death rumors, showing a flustered reaction and asking, 'Was there really such a thing?' Ko Hyun-jung expressed her shock, stating, 'It's shocking,' and was momentarily speechless upon hearing the death rumors.
She also mentioned, 'Those people have probably seen me at my weakest when I was ill late last year. It was something similar right before the (death rumors) emerged. It was quite critical,' adding, 'I am not dead. I have recovered well since then, and you don't need to worry.'
It remains to be seen whether the 'YouTube-originated fake news' that has upset stars will disappear with the implementation of this policy.
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