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AI-made images keep their AI tag
Google requires images created with generative AI to carry metadata saying so, such as the IPTC DigitalSourceType trainedAlgorithmicMedia tag, and asks you not to remove it.
Required: AI tag if AI-made · checked against the source on 2026-09-30
Required
AI tag if AI-made
Severity: warning
How we measure it
We read the file's own embedded metadata (XMP and IPTC) — the tags your editing or AI tool wrote into it.
image_metadata
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Google Merchant Center Help: Image link [image_link]- Rule version
- v1
- Effective since
- 2026-09-30
- Last verified
- 2026-09-30
When the platform changes this requirement we publish a new version. Past verdicts keep pointing at the version they were checked against.
Version history
- v1 · 2026-09-30First published: AI tag if AI-madeGoogle requires AI-generated images to keep IPTC DigitalSourceType metadata.