YouTube is quietly using AI to change some videos without creator consent – TweakTown

YouTube has admitted it is altering some YouTube Shorts videos without getting consent from the creators, as part of a running experiment. Published Aug 25, 2025 12:03 PM CDT 1 minute & 45 seconds read time TL;DR: YouTube has been secretly using AI to enhance select Shorts videos by unblurring, denoising, and improving clarity without creators’ consent. This experiment aims to boost video quality but has raised trust concerns among creators who feel their original content is altered without permission. YouTube has secretly been using AI to edit people’s videos over the last few months, with these changes being so small that users wouldn’t notice unless the videos were placed side-by-side. The claims come from a new BBC report that cites several YouTubers who have noticed differences in their videos. One content creator, Rhett Schull, pointed to one video that looked different on YouTube Shorts compared to Instagram, with the creator saying the YouTube Shorts version looked “smoothened” with an “oil painting effect” over his face. Trending Now: NVIDIA silently launches record-breaking mini PC, flexing a tiny compact powerhouse Shull added that he “did not consent to this,” adding, “The most important thing I have as a YouTube creator is
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