YouTube Shorts AI Checker
Paste a YouTube Shorts link to check whether the video was made with AI. Sightova's video model checks it frame by frame and returns a verdict in seconds.
Paste a video link from YouTube
The video is downloaded to our server for the check and deleted right after. We don't keep it or use it for training.
How the YouTube Shorts AI Checker works
1. Paste the link
Copy the link from the YouTube Shorts app or website and paste it into the checker, signed in to a Sightova Starter, Premium or Enterprise account.
2. We fetch the video
The public video is downloaded to our server for the check and deleted as soon as the result is ready.
3. Frame-by-frame analysis
Sightova's video model scores about one frame per second, trained on AI video and real footage, including compressed social video.
4. Clear verdict
The video is flagged when at least 75 % of the sampled frames score as AI. The chart shows the score of every frame.
Pixel analysis, not labels
YouTube's altered or synthetic content label depends on the creator disclosing it when they upload. Re-uploads and compilations rarely carry that disclosure, and the file metadata that could reveal AI generation is lost on re-encode.
Sightova checks the video itself. The model looks for the traces text-to-video and image-to-video generators such as Sora, Veo, Kling, Seedance, Runway and Pika leave in every frame, so the check works on re-uploads, reposts and compressed copies. When a video still carries Content Credentials, we read those too and show who signed them.
Per-frame AI scores
A chart of the AI score for every sampled frame, so you can see where in the clip the model found AI.
Content Credentials
Signed C2PA credentials that declare AI generation are read and shown with the signer's name.
Video never kept
The video is deleted as soon as the check is done. It is never stored and never used for training.
Frequently asked questions
Which plans include the YouTube Shorts AI video checker?+
The checker is included on the Starter, Premium and Enterprise plans, together with video uploads in the Sightova dashboard. Teams that need to check video at volume can talk to us about an enterprise agreement.
Which YouTube Shorts links work?+
Public video links: youtube.com/shorts/…, youtu.be/… and youtube.com/watch?v=… links to videos up to 3 minutes. Private, deleted or login-only posts can't be fetched.
How long can the video be?+
Links to videos up to 3 minutes work. The scan covers the first 60 seconds of the video, and a check uses 1 credit for every 5 seconds scanned.
Do you keep the video?+
No. The public video is downloaded to our server for the check and deleted as soon as the result is ready. It is not stored and not used for training.
Can it find AI videos that YouTube Shorts doesn't label?+
Yes. The check reads the pixels of the video itself, so it works whether or not the post carries an AI label or any metadata.
How is the verdict decided?+
Sightova's video model scores about one frame per second of the scanned part of the video, up to 40 frames. The video is flagged as AI-generated when at least 75 % of those frames score as AI. You see the score of every frame on a chart. Signed Content Credentials that declare AI generation are shown too.
Check video at scale
Sightova detects AI-generated images, documents and video for trust and safety, fraud and newsroom teams. Talk to us about checking video inside your own workflow.