YouTube can add the AI label itself, even if you skip the toggle

Yes. YouTube's help page says it may apply a label automatically for content made with YouTube GenAI tools, for content with C2PA metadata, or for content its systems detect as AI. Skipping the toggle therefore does not guarantee an unlabeled video. The Sume docs make no promise about C2PA, so for a Sume clip the safe route is to answer the question yourself.

Three auto-label routes

Why not rely on the auto-label

The page gives no way to test ahead of time whether detection will fire, and the Sume docs do not document C2PA metadata on their files. So an automatic label should not be the plan; the creator's answer is.

The page also says repeated failure to disclose can lead to content removal or YouTube Partner Program suspension, while disclosing does not limit audience or earning eligibility.

A practical rule for Sume clips

Sume's video catalog lists generation models by supported_resolutions, supported_aspect_ratios and supported_durations, and says nothing about provenance metadata. Decide per upload:

• Realistic scene that never happened, or a real person made to say something new: choose Yes.
• Obviously animated or fantastical: no disclosure needed.
• Music as the main focus of the video, generated by AI: choose Yes.
• Unsure: choose Yes. The page says disclosure has no reach or monetization penalty.

What to do with an unexpected label

If YouTube labels a video that you did not flag, treat it as a signal to review your process, not as a verdict. Check which of the four triggers the clip meets. If it meets one, add the disclosure to the next uploads of the series. If it meets none, say so in your notes. The page describes how labels can be applied automatically but gives no appeal steps, so this post does not describe one.

What not to claim

Do not tell a client that a Sume render is tagged for YouTube, or that it will be auto-labeled, or that it will not be. The page gives three routes, and none of them is something Sume documents controlling.