We believe it\u2019s in everyone\u2019s interest to maintain a healthy ecosystem of information on YouTube. We have long-standing policies that prohibit technically manipulated content that misleads viewers and may pose a serious risk of egregious harm. However, AI\u2019s powerful new forms of storytelling can also be used to generate content that has the potential to mislead viewers\u2014particularly if they\u2019re unaware that the video has been altered or is synthetically created.<\/p>\n
To address this concern, over the coming months, we\u2019ll introduce updates that inform viewers when the content they\u2019re seeing is synthetic. Specifically, we\u2019ll require creators to disclose when they’ve created altered or synthetic content that is realistic, including using AI tools. When creators upload content, we will have new options for them to select to indicate that it contains realistic altered or synthetic material. For example, this could be an AI-generated video that realistically depicts an event that never happened, or content showing someone saying or doing something they didn’t actually do.<\/p>\n