YouTube says creators must disclose when AI meaningfully alters or generates photorealistic content. The practical question is whether a viewer could think the person, place, event, or voice is real.
YouTube AI disclosure checklist
YouTube AI Disclosure Checklist For Creators
A practical pre-upload check for realistic AI, altered footage, synthetic scenes, and viewer confusion.
Search intent: Compliance-aware how-to. This note routes the reader toward a paid field file only after the practical answer is visible.
Target phraseYouTube AI disclosure checklist
Routes toYouTube AI Creator Signal Room
AccessPublic Note
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What to do with this search intent
Before upload, write what AI touched: script, image, video, voice, thumbnail, captions, or edit. Then decide whether the result creates a realistic person, event, place, or claim that did not happen.
Counterexample: AI idea generation, outlines, captions, minor edits, and unrealistic visuals may not require the same disclosure. Still write the note. The note helps you explain the work later.
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Sources used for this note
- YouTube GenAI disclosure help - Creators must disclose certain realistic AI-generated or meaningfully altered content.
- YouTube AI labels update - 2026 updates to label placement and automatic AI detection.