YouTube is using AI to verify your age now - and if it's wrong, that's on you to fix

AI age verification is coming to YouTube, and it's almost certainly going to be a frustrating process for some people.

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In an announcement yesterday, the streaming video service says it's "extending our built-in protections" by letting AI predict your age. If the system thinks you're under 18 based on your actions, your account will automatically receive age restrictions.

Variety of signals

YouTube says it will use AI to interpret "a variety of signals" that determine whether a user is over or under 18. This includes the type of videos you search, the category of videos you watch, and the age of the account. When I reached out for more information on this, a YouTube representative stressed that the age-estimation model "does not collect any new information not already associated ...