Aishwarya-Abhishek file lawsuit against YouTube over AI deepfake videos
Aishwarya-Abhishek file lawsuit against YouTube over
AI deepfake videos
The lawsuits encompass links and screenshots of what Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan allege are YouTube videos showing “fictitious” AI content.
Repoetedly, the actor couple have initiated legal action against YouTube and Google over AI-generated deepfake videos. As per Reuters report, Aishwarya and Abhishek are demanding $450,000 (nearly ₹4 crore) in damages against Google and others, as well as a permanent injunction to prevent such exploitation.
According to Reuters, the actors argue that YouTube’s content and third-party training policies are concerning.
Adding that it allows users to consent to sharing a video they created to train rival
AI models, which risks further proliferation of misleading content online, according to near-identical filings from Abhishek and Aishwarya dated September 6, which are not publicly available .
Such content being used to train AI models has the potential to multiply the instances of use of any infringing content, i.e. first being uploaded on YouTube, being viewed by the public, and then also being used to train.
Notedly, Abhishek and Aishwarya argue in their filings that if AI platforms are trained on biased content that portrays them in a negative manner and infringes their intellectual property rights, then AI models “are likely to learn all such untrue” information, leading to its further spread.
The Delhi High Court last month asked Google’s lawyer in court to submit written responses before the next hearing on January 15.2026
News Edit KV Raman
