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TL;DR YouTube is making its AI labels more prominent for both long-form content as well as Shorts.
The new labels will be displayed on realistic-looking videos that are made or significantly altered using AI tools.
It will also start detecting and automatically labeling AI content on the platform.
As one of the most popular video platforms in the world, YouTube has a lot of AI-generated content. While the platform isn’t opposed to such videos, it has relied on creators labeling their videos correctly. Now, it’s making a prominent change to how it identifies and labels AI videos on the platform.
YouTube today announced that it’s making changes to its AI labels by making them more visible and automated.
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When watching long-form YouTube content, the platform will place the AI label directly below the video player. Earlier, this label showed up inside the video description. This new placement is meant to improve visibility and make it clearer to viewers that they are watching content that looks real but is either AI-generated, or meaningfully altered using AI tools.
For Shorts content, the label will now show up as an overlay on the video itself.
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