AIbase Report - According to tomshardware, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) recently released a draft document titled "AI Content Disclosure Header Field," proposing an additional header field in HTTP responses for web pages to provide a standardized solution for machine-readable AI-generated content.
Currently, there is no machine-readable standardized way to determine whether website content uses AI. Although methods such as page statements and watermarks have been used to inform consumers, machines and applications find it difficult to automatically detect this information.
Five Core Information Fields
The new metadata header field will include five key pieces of information:
mode (AI Usage Mode): has four values, clearly indicating the level of AI involvement in the page content
- Not using AI
- Human-created content modified by AI
- AI-generated content edited by humans
- Mainly generated by AI with minimal human intervention
model (AI Model Name): indicates the specific AI model used
provider (Model Provider): identifies the AI service provider
reviewed-by (Content Reviewer): records the person responsible for content review
date (Timestamp): marks the specific time of generation or modification
This standard will facilitate automation, search engine indexing, and compliance reviews, providing an important and convenient technical approach for machines to identify AI content on web pages.
It should be noted that this draft is still in the drafting stage and has not yet become an official standard. Whether websites adopt it is entirely voluntary. However, if this initiative is ultimately implemented, it will bring a significant breakthrough in the transparency of internet content.
