YouTube auto-labels AI-generated videos

Digital asset platform Artlist is launching Artlist TV, a streaming platform that appears to be exclusively populated by AI-generated shows. [Read More]

YouTube is tightening its AI labeling rules. Labels for photorealistic or heavily AI-altered content will now show up in more visible spots, below the player for long videos and as an overlay on Shorts. Starting May 2026, an automatic detection system will flag AI-generated content even if creators don't disclose it. Recommendations and monetization won't be affected. The article YouTube will try to automatically flag AI videos starting this month appeared first on The Decoder.

Microsoft's MAI-Image-2.5 ranks third on Arena's text-to-image leaderboard, on par with Google's Nano Banana 2 but still behind OpenAI's Image-2. The model shows clear gains over its predecessor, especially in rendering text inside images and commercial visuals. The article Microsoft's MAI-Image-2.5 pulls even with Google's Nano Banana 2 on benchmarks appeared first on The Decoder.

Amazon MGM Studios and AWS are launching a "GenAI Creators' Fund" that gives filmmakers money and access to the in-house AI platform "Project Nara." Three animated series are already in production - the teams had five weeks for their pilots. Amazon says it now has the "only end-to-end AI content ecosystem in the industry." The article Amazon builds its own AI production platform and greenlights three AI animated series for Prime Video appeared first on The Decoder.

Google Cloud has moved Nano Banana 2 and Nano Banana Pro into general availability, bringing scalable image generation with 1K and 2K output resolution to production workloads. The models also include a preview feature for video input, expanding their range of supported media types.