5 Aug 2025

Tech Tuesday with Tim Batt: YouTube using AI to check users age

From Afternoons, 1:45 pm on 5 August 2025

Tech giant Google is taking action to verify how old YouTube users are.

It says it will use AI to estimate the age of users and then show them age appropriate content. 

The move comes after Australia confirmed it would ban children under 16 from using YouTube. 

Tim shares details with Emile.

An illustration photo shows the YouTube logo displayed on a smartphone in Suqian, China, on March 6, 2025. (Photo Illustration by Costfoto/NurPhoto) (Photo by CFOTO / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

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