YouTube suspends major AI movie trailer accounts with over 2 million total subscribers from revenue-earning partner program

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YouTube is finally doing something about all those AI trailer videos that have been cropping up across the platform. If you've been on the internet in the past few years you've likely seen one of these AI film trailers. Maybe you've even left a poorly generated AI comment on them.

They often feature cuts of famous actors spliced in from other projects, or as is becoming more common, straight up fake generated footage to advertise equally non-existent movies. This is all done in the name of revenue, and so YouTube has suspended several large AI trailer accounts from the company's paid partner program.

Taking monetisation away from these accounts is a good start, as it's clearly the driving goal. Not just for these accounts, but also from others that may be claiming their own revenue. Deadline's investigation also brought to light that prominent Hollywood studios, including Warner Bros. Discovery and Sony, have claimed ad revenue on Screen Culture trailers. So even the companies in control of the IP aren't particularly motivated to put a stop to these videos, especially while checks are still rolling in.

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