February 2024
If you’re using AI-generated images in Merchant Center, Google requires that you preserve any metadata tags which indicate that the image was created using generative AI in the original image file.
Don't remove embedded metadata tags such as trainedAlgorithmicMedia from such images. All AI-generated images must contain the IPTC DigitalSourceType trainedAlgorithmicMedia tag. Learn more about IPTC photo metadata.
These requirements apply to the following image attributes in Merchant Center Classic and Merchant Center Next:
- Image link
[image_link] - Additional image link
[additional_image_link] - Lifestyle image link
[lifestyle_image_link]
Learn more about product data specifications.
To know more about how preserving this information provides helpful context for Google Search, check out our blog post.