YouTube Music is rolling out labels for songs made entirely or substantially with generative AI. The notice appears on the player page and opens a panel describing the role AI played in producing the track. Similar disclosures will also reach music uploaded to the main YouTube service.
Publishers can classify a release as fully generated, partly generated or not made with generative AI. Common production tools such as pitch correction fall into the last category. Disclosure is optional, however, so Google is also working with music partners and applying its own detection systems.
Tracks generated or edited with Google tools can carry SynthID, a watermark designed for machine detection. YouTube may also inspect C2PA provenance metadata used by other creation tools. Neither method covers every model or editing workflow, which means an unlabeled song should not be treated as proof that no generative AI was used.
The label also does not remove or hide AI-made music. Listeners cannot currently exclude labeled tracks from playlists, and people listening with the player out of view may never see the notice. The rollout improves disclosure for content the system identifies, but its value will depend on uploader honesty, detection coverage and whether listeners actively inspect the player page.