YouTube Launches Chatbot to Help Owners of Hacked Channels

Video platform YouTube has announced a new resource for creators whose channels have been hacked. Owners of hacked profiles will now be able to use an official chatbot on the service.

Assistant an artificial intelligence (AI) feature built into the help page From YouTube itself. It is possible to speed up the service based on the descriptions provided by the channel owner and the selection of pre-configured answers.

The resource is currently only available in English and can be accessed via this link. For those familiar with the language and wanting to activate the conversation “Chat with our hacked channel assistant“and follow the steps step by step.

In the conversation, you let them know which Google account is connected to the channel and what suspicious activity was detected, such as changing your profile picture or posting videos without your permission. Previously, requests were only made by the YouTube team itself or through the platform’s standard support.

According to Google, support can help when accounts are hacked, taken over, or otherwise compromised, such as your machine being infected with malware or password theft through phishing.

But the vehicle cannot solve hacking problems immediatelyAlthough it is a good form of screening.

YouTube and artificial intelligence

Google’s video service is experimenting a lot with AI. There are already several tools in testing or already implemented that automate tasks or offer content recommendations to creators and viewers.

YouTube, for example, is rolling out a feature that will give users a “question answer,” or even an assistant to suggest scripts or thumbnails, and a feature that summarizes the key points of a video or set of comments. Additionally, YouTube Music already has a feature that creates personalized radio stations on the music streaming platform.