Abhishek-Aishwarya sue YouTube over deepfake videos, claim $450,000 in damages
Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan have filed a lawsuit in the Delhi High Court targeting Google's YouTube and others, calling out the platform for hosting AI-generated videos that use their faces and voices without permission.
They're asking for these deepfake videos to be taken down right away and want safeguards so their images can't be used for training AI models without their consent.
Petition points to 518 links of manipulated content
The couple's massive petition points to 518 links of manipulated content, including some with Salman Khan and some that are sexually explicit.
They say these fakes hurt their reputation and are demanding $450,000 in damages plus a permanent ban on such content.
The Delhi High Court has already ordered the removal of the flagged videos.
Case could set new ground rules for AI misuse protection
India doesn't really have laws protecting celebrities from AI misuse yet, so this case could set new ground rules for how platforms handle deepfakes.
With nearly 600 million Indians using YouTube, what happens here could shape the way AI-generated content is regulated across the country.