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by MaxL93 192 days ago
Sure, but that's not YouTube. That's Instagram. He says so at 1:30.

YouTube is not applying any "face filters" or anything of the sort. They did however experiment with AI upscaling the entire image which is giving the classic "bad upscale" smeary look.

Like I said, I think that's still bad and they should have never done it without the clear explicit consent of the creator. But that is, IMO, very different and considerably less bad than changing someone's face specifically.
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randycupertino 192 days ago
His followers also added screenshots of youtube shorts doing it. He says he reached out to both platforms and says he will be reporting back with an update from their customer service and is doing some compare an contrast testing for his audience.

Here's some other creators also talking about it happening in youtube shorts: https://www.reddit.com/r/BeautyGuruChatter/comments/1notyzo/...

another example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjnQ-s7LW-g

https://www.reddit.com/r/youtube/comments/1mw0tuz/youtube_is...

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250822-youtube-is-using...

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MaxL93 192 days ago
> Here's some other creators also talking about it happening in youtube shorts (...)

If you open the context of the comment, they are specifically talking about the bad, entire-image upscaling that gives the entire picture the oily smeary look. NOT face filters.

EDIT : same thing with the two other links you edited into your comment while I was typing my reply.

Again, I'm not defending YouTube for this. But I also don't think they should be accused of doing something they're not doing. Face filters without consent are a far, far worse offense than bad upscaling.

I would like to urge you to be more cautious, and to actually read what you brandish as proof.

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watwut 192 days ago
If the upscaling ends up producing bigger eyes and lips ... then it is a face filter.
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