Engadget reports the new labels and adds, “Now please let us hide all of it.”
YouTube Music has added labels for AI-generated content, Engadget reports. Sharing the story, the publisher added, “Now please let us hide all of it.”
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YouTube Music started rolling out a label on October 14 for tracks created primarily with generative AI. YouTube says the disclosure is meant for songs where AI played a significant role, rather than every track that touched an AI-powered tool.
YouTube gives a generative model creating both the composition and vocals as one example. Its announcement uses “created primarily using generative AI” and “AI played a significant role” to describe the qualifying threshold.
Listeners will see the disclosure directly on a qualifying track’s player page. Tapping it opens a menu with more information about the label.
YouTube says it is working with music partners and using its own detection tools to identify AI-generated tracks. That makes the system a mix of industry disclosures and platform detection, but the announcement does not make claims about how accurate those tools are.
The feature gives listeners more context, but YouTube’s announcement does not describe a control for removing labeled tracks from recommendations or search results. Engadget’s response was blunt: “Now please let us hide all of it.”
The labels are appearing first in YouTube Music. YouTube says they will expand to the main YouTube app, though it did not give a date for that broader rollout.
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