How Meta’s “AI Info” Label Works on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads
Meta labels posts from “industry-shared signals” and self-disclosure. That explains both what triggers “AI info” and why lightly edited real photos kept getting it.
Provenance
11 practical guides about provenance.
How TikTok’s “AI-Generated” Label Works: C2PA, Watermarks, and Disclosure
TikTok labels AI content from three sources: your toggle, C2PA Content Credentials, and a watermark only TikTok can read. Here is how each one works.
How X’s “Made with AI” Label Actually Works
A post gets the label one of two ways: you add it, or X adds it at upload and locks it. Here is what is documented about each path, and what is still a black box.
IPTC Digital Source Type Explained: The AI Tag Inside Your Image
One XMP field decides whether a file says “created with generative AI,” “edited with generative AI,” or “captured by a camera.” Here is the vocabulary and who reads it.
What the “CR” Icon on LinkedIn Means: Content Credentials Explained
LinkedIn’s CR icon is not an AI label. It is a viewer for whatever the file’s signed Content Credentials declare, AI or camera, and it only appears when they survive.
YouTube’s AI Label Explained: Altered or Synthetic Content in 2026
YouTube asks you to disclose realistic AI content, then labels some videos itself. C2PA metadata and YouTube’s own AI tools make that label permanent.
How to Remove a ChatGPT and DALL·E Watermark (C2PA)
Images from ChatGPT and DALL·E usually carry no visible mark. What they carry is signed C2PA provenance metadata, and newer ones may also carry an invisible pixel signal.
How to Strip C2PA Content Credentials From an Image
Content Credentials are container metadata, not pixels, which makes them comparatively easy to remove and easy to verify once they are gone.
Image Metadata, Content Credentials, and Watermarks Explained
Provenance can live in visible pixels, invisible signals, file fields, signed credentials, and external records. No single export tells the whole story.
Remove the ‘Made with Google AI’ Sparkle and Label
The sparkle and the “Made with Google AI” label are visible pixels. The provenance that ships with them is not. Here is the difference.
Why X May Add a “Made with AI” Label to an Image
An AI label can appear in the X composer when a file carries provenance information. Here is what that means and what it does not prove.