India, May 28 -- YouTube is significantly tightening the transparency standards for artificial intelligence (AI) to tell the viewers if the content was manufactured using heavy AI generative tools. The platform has announced that it will now require the creators to disclose if their content has used realistic-looking AI to design images or videos. The platform has announced that it will identify the videos to look for signs of AI-generated content and subsequently will flag them.

YouTube will deploy a new system that will automatically detect and label "photorealistic and meaningfully AI-altered" content, the company noted. The move marks a major shift for the platform, which previously relied almost exclusively on creators to voluntaril...