YouTube Kills Channels Creating Fake AI Movie Trailers

Earlier this year, it was reported that YouTube was fully aware that its platform was plagued with fake movie trailers, often for movies that did not have actual trailers of their own. When built or marketed with generic AI, it made looking for trailers so much harder, and now thankfully it’s a little less painful.

According to Deadline, YouTube shut down Screen Culture and KH Studios, two of the worst offenders of this trend, which the outlet previously reported on. Both channels are associated with screen culture and have previously produced “trailers” for films such as Fantastic Four: First Steps And superman, or popular TV shows like squid gameOverall, his content had over 2 million subscribers and over a billion views, Go to different pages for both, and it will say: “This page is unavailable, Sorry about that, Try finding something else,”

After Deadline first investigated Screen Culture and KH, YouTube began taking action against the two by suspending them from the Partner Program and eventually stopping advertising on their videos. The reason monetization stopped was that they let major studios like Disney take a cut of their revenue in violation of the platform’s rules.

In the months since then, Disney has been talking out of both sides of its mouth about generative AI. Last week, it hit out at Google, claiming the tech company’s AI services infringed multiple copyrights — a letter that came just after Disney announced a three-year licensing deal and a $1 billion investment in OpenAI to bring more than 200 characters to its ChatGPIT and Sora video platforms. So instead of GenAI junk infecting YouTube and your favorite movies, it will soon be coming to Disney+, the platform you or someone you know pays for…Hooray,

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