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YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos

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Improving AI labels for viewers and creators
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Improving AI labels for viewers and creators

By The YouTube Team


May 27, 2026 [[read-time]] minute read

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We've heard consistently from our community that they value transparency when it comes to generative AI content. That’s why since 2024, we've been labeling content when creators disclose they've used AI tools.

We've learned in that time about what people find useful when it comes to AI disclosures, and today we're making two updates that we think will make this process much simpler and more intuitive for creators and viewers on YouTube.

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