Bollywood’s AI deepfake showdown lands in the Delhi High Court as Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan go after YouTube and Google over AI-generated deepfakes. They’re demanding a permanent injunction to ban content misusing their names, voices, or images. The filings point to hundreds of links and screenshots of manipulated videos, including explicit depictions, and note that the material could be copied across platforms and used to train AI models [1].
Lawsuit against YouTube — The Delhi High Court is asked to permanently ban such content; the filings describe egregious, sexually explicit or fictitious depictions and cite that the AI Bollywood Ishq channel hosts hundreds of AI-generated videos [1].
Damages and scope — They’re seeking Rs 4 crore in damages from Google/YouTube and a permanent injunction; Reuters reports the amount as roughly ₹4 crore (about $450,000) [2].
Delhi High Court hearing — The filing notes that the Delhi High Court last month asked Google’s lawyer to submit written responses before the next hearing on January 15 [2].
AI training concerns — The petitions argue that platform policies allow third-party uploads to train AI models, risking misrepresentation and proliferation of deepfake content across the internet [2].
This bold move could reshape digital privacy norms for Indian cinema and set a precedent for how AI training and likeness rights are handled in Bollywood.
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Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai sue Google YouTube over AI deepfake videos, seeking damages, Reuters reports.
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