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YouTube has made important, AI-based changes in user account settings, after which many users have complained that their profile mistakenly turned into a minor account.
New Delhi. If your child also sees YouTube and you are tension that if you do not watch such a video, then this is good news for you. Actually YouTube has brought a new AI tool that will prevent your child from watching adult content. For this, YouTube has added a new AI feature to its age estimation tool, which can better identify the accounts of users under 18 years of age. This AI tool can correctly identify minor accounts, so that adult content is not decorated. Google has decided to impose several restrictions on such accounts. Based on the activity pattern of AI account, it decides whether an account is using an account or an adult. And on the basis of this, he conveys the video.
According to a report by 9to5google, many Reddit users have posted about this new feature. Users whose accounts were identified as minors found a pop-up box stating that their account settings have been changed, especially it was said that age verification has failed and AI tool was unable to verify the user’s age.
YouTube had already announced that it would implement technology to identify minor accounts. This is mainly to prevent the accounts of minors that make accounts using incorrect age information, making them exposed to adult materials. The new advance AI tool of YouTube now makes the difference between minor and adult users using an account activity.
How AI tool affects settings
If the AI tool reveals that an account is being used by a minor, it automatically adjusts the settings and makes it a restricted minor account. However, if an adult user’s account is mistakenly converted, they can verify their age and restore it to an adult account.
To verify their age, users have to upload birth certificates or other documents. AI-Operated tool users’ activity examine data, video search, video viewing patterns and account-making age to determine whether a minor is using an account.
YouTube response
Regarding the screenshot posted by users, YouTube has admitted that many adult accounts were accidentally converted into minor accounts. Such users can upload government ID, selfie or credit card details to restore their accounts in adult positions. If a user fails to verify his age, his account will be permanently considered a minor account and adult material will be banned.
