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YouTube: Deepfake protection for politicians and journalists.Google: AI-powered 'Ask Photos' can be easily turned off in the future.Grammarly says it will stop using AI to clone experts without permissionAn AI agent hacks McKinsey's AI platform Lilli using a vulnerability from the 1990s.
The AI news for March 12th, 2026--- This episode is sponsored by ---Pickert GmbHFind our more about our today's sponsor Pickert at pickert.de.---Would you like to create your own AI-generated and 100% automated podcast on your chosen topic? --> Reach out to us, and we’ll make it happen.Here are the details of the day's selected top stories:YouTube: Deepfake protection for politicians and journalists.Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Youtube-Deepfake-Schutz-fuer-Politiker-und-Journalisten-11206724.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitragWhy did we choose this article?YouTube is giving creators, politicians and journalists a built-in tool to find and report deepfakes — a practical step that affects reputation management, misinformation mitigation, and how public figures and newsrooms protect themselves on a major platform.Google: AI-powered 'Ask Photos' can be easily turned off in the future.Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Google-KI-gestuetztes-Ask-Photos-kann-kuenftig-einfach-abgeschaltet-werden-11206499.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.themen.k%C3%BCnstliche+intelligenz.beitrag.beitragWhy did we choose this article?Google Photos will let users toggle off its AI-powered image search, giving everyday users direct control over AI features in a widely used app and addressing privacy/usability complaints.Grammarly says it will stop using AI to clone experts without permissionSource: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/893270/grammarly-ai-expert-review-disabledWhy did we choose this article?Grammarly has disabled an AI feature that imitated named writers without permission — a concrete change that affects user trust, expert consent, and how AI-driven writing tools present their sources and authority.An AI agent hacks McKinsey's AI platform Lilli using a vulnerability from the 1990s.Source:
