Have you ever watched a YouTube video and immediately screwed up your face in an attempt to discern whether it's real or AI-generated? Welcome to a daily part of my life. The good news is that YouTube has listened to user feedback, and as a result is moving AI disclosure labels for photorealistic and "meaningfully AI altered or generated" content to a "more prominent" position.
The bad news is, the labels look pretty tiny in the promo video. The AI warnings will now sit directly below the video player for long-form AI-generated videos, above the description. For short form, it's an actual overlay on the video itself. Which is indeed, a prominent position.
But yes, both versions still look like they'd be easy to miss. I suppose a big honking "THIS VIDEO IS BULL**...


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