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YouTube Taps Artificial Intelligence to Crack Down on Offensive Contents and Comments

..... Although Google already has an existing anti-harassment tool, this new feature takes advantage of the power of artificial intelligence and compares certain characteristics of comments that have been previously removed by creators. In a statement acquired by Digital Trends, YouTube product manager Courtney Lessard said, "We recognize that the algorithms will not always be accurate: The beta feature may hold some comments you deem fine for approval, or may not catch comments you'd like to hold and review." Aside from the new tool, YouTube is also improving its existing moderation suite. .....