tech
December 19, 2025
YouTube bans two popular channels that created fake AI movie trailers
Google is generally happy to see people using generative AI tools to create content, and it’s doubly happy when they publish it on its platforms. But there are limits to everything. Two YouTube channels that attracted millions of subscribers with AI-generated movie trailers have been shuttered.
TL;DR
- Two YouTube channels, Screen Culture and KH Studio, with a combined audience of over 2 million subscribers, have been shut down.
- The channels generated AI-created movie trailers for non-existent films, which were often indistinguishable from official trailers.
- Google initially demonetized the channels and required disclaimers, but these were inconsistently applied.
- The channels' closure is attributed to violations of YouTube's spam and misleading-metadata policies.
- Disney's recent partnership with OpenAI and a cease-and-desist letter to Google concerning AI use of its content may have influenced the decision, as both banned channels heavily featured Disney properties.
- Google continues to support generative AI on its platforms despite this enforcement action.
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