YouTube to match OpenAI with AI likeness feature

The Google-owned video platform sees AI as the next transformative technology for content creation, comparing it to earlier innovations like the music synthesizer and Photoshop. — AP

SAN FRANCISCO: YouTube announced plans on Jan 21 to allow its users this year to create AI versions of themselves for video sharing, matching a feature from Sora, the video-creation app from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.

"AI will be a boon to the creatives who are ready to lean in," CEO Neal Mohan wrote in an annual letter outlining the platform's priorities for 2026.