Google makes it easy to deepfake yourself

YouTube Shorts is launching a new AI feature that lets creators make digital clones of themselves, called avatars, that look and sound like them and can be used in videos. The feature adds to YouTube's struggle with managing AI-generated content, including deepfakes (synthetic videos where someone's face or voice is digitally recreated to look authentic), AI slop (low-quality AI-generated content), and impersonation scams.