Regulator says tool, which creates reports for humans to review, has helped classify entire UK catalogue of HBO Max
TV shows including Game of Thrones and Euphoria have received age ratings for the first time in the UK, after the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) deployed an AI tool to help assess content.
The BBFC has developed a tool to identify content that triggers compliance issues, such as violence, nudity and bad language. The flagged scenes are then passed over to BBFC staff for human review.
The BBFC announced on Wednesday the technology had made its debut, classifying the entire UK catalogue of HBO Max, the Netflix rival whose shows include the multi-award-winning The Sopranos as well as The Wire, The Last of Us and The Pitt.
As a result, all the HBO Max titles were assigned BBFC age ratings – with Game of Thrones and Euphoria receiving an overall rating of 18, although some individual episodes were rated 15 – for the platform’s UK launch last month.
