Hey,
It seems like Shopify CDN strips IPTC metadata from images, but Google Merchant Center requires this metatada for AI generated images:
Here is one image that I AI generated and that when I just download, it does contain the tag “TrainedAlgorithmicMedia”, but when I look up metadata of the same image when in Shopify CDN, then that info is stripped:
Other people are also experiencing this issue:
Would appreciate some input on this, thanks 
Hey @Rolands_Kundzins, thanks for reporting this. We are looking in to this. I don’t have a timeline on a resolution, but we will update here with any updates.
Hi Kyle,
We’re running into the same issue with our app. We added support for preserving and embedding AI-related IPTC/XMP metadata (DigitalSourceType), and confirmed our uploads contain it, but Shopify strips it during upload regardless. We tested both admin uploads and the stagedUploadsCreate + productCreateMedia path on a dev store today, and all XMP is removed in both cases.
Is there any workaround or recommended approach on your side to preserve the Iptc4xmpExt metadata, or is this something only Shopify can solve? With the EU AI Act transparency requirements applying from August 2nd, this is becoming an important capability for merchants using AI-generated images.
Thanks!
