The YouTube app is displayed on an iPad in Baltimore on March 20, 2018. [AP/YONHAP]
YouTube will begin automatically tagging videos that contain substantial AI content, adding a detection layer on top of the self-disclosure system that it has used since 2024, the company announced on Wednesday.
While YouTube will still require creators to manually flag their use of AI, the company's in-house system will start to identify videos with a significant amount of photorealistic AI material and apply a label to them, even when their uploader does not. The autodetection system is set to roll out this month.
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