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What Does Your Thumbnail Tell YouTube About Itself?

AI image tools now attach signed Content Credentials to the files they make, and platforms read them the moment you upload. Check any file here before it goes up — it never leaves your device.

Drop an image here — or click to choose
JPG, PNG, WEBP, AVIF, SVG, TIFF, HEIC · also MP4/MOV video and MP3/WAV audio
Checked locally with the open-source C2PA library
Your file is read in this browser tab only — nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored.

What this checks (in plain terms)

When an AI tool — or a C2PA-capable camera or editor — produces a file, it can attach a small, cryptographically signed note in the metadata saying which tool made or processed it. That's a Content Credential. YouTube already reads these at upload and can apply a "How this content was made" label automatically, without you disclosing anything.

This tool reads files. It cannot check text — AI text is watermarked inside the wording itself, and detection for that is currently restricted to regulators, researchers and platforms. What that means for scripts and descriptions is covered in the companion guide.

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