synthetic-media

YouTube is rolling out an AI avatar feature that lets creators generate digital versions of themselves for use in Shorts videos. The tool requires users to record a "live selfie" with face and voice data, generates clips up to 8 seconds long, and marks all AI-generated content with watermarks and digital labels.

YouTube is rolling out an AI avatar feature that lets users create photorealistic versions of themselves for YouTube Shorts. Users record a live selfie and voice prompts to generate an avatar that can create up to 8-second video clips. The feature includes watermarks, digital labels (SynthID and C2PA), and AI-generated content disclosures.

Google has released Lyria 3 Pro, its latest AI music generation model capable of creating tracks up to three minutes long with improved understanding of musical structure. The model is available through Gemini, Google Vids, Vertex AI, and Google AI Studio. Google claims the training data comes from sources it has contractual and legal rights to use.

Microsoft's technical report systematically evaluates methods to distinguish authentic media from AI-generated content and finds none are reliably effective on their own. The findings contradict regulatory assumptions underlying new laws designed to combat deepfakes and synthetic media.