diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/search/SearchIndexUtils.java b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/search/SearchIndexUtils.java
index ef6788e1eac6..e30073a6ead4 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/search/SearchIndexUtils.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/main/java/org/openmetadata/service/search/SearchIndexUtils.java
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ private static void processTagAndTierSources(
       if (tagFQN == null || labelType == null) {
         continue;
       }
-      String tagSource = labelType.value();
+      String tagSource = resolveTagSource(tag, labelType);
       Map<String, Integer> bucket =
           tagFQN.startsWith("Tier.")
               ? tagAndTierSources.getTierSources()
@@ -574,6 +574,16 @@ private static void processTagAndTierSources(
     }
   }
 
+  // AI-bot-applied tags count as Generated regardless of labelType, mirroring
+  // getDescriptionSource. Applier is recorded per-tag in appliedBy (set server-side).
+  private static String resolveTagSource(TagLabel tag, TagLabel.LabelType labelType) {
+    String tagSource = labelType.value();
+    if (tag.getAppliedBy() != null && AI_BOTS.contains(tag.getAppliedBy())) {
+      tagSource = TagLabel.LabelType.GENERATED.value();
+    }
+    return tagSource;
+  }
+
   private static void processEntityTagSources(
       EntityInterface entity, TagAndTierSources tagAndTierSources) {
     processTagAndTierSources(entity.getTags(), tagAndTierSources);
diff --git a/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/search/SearchIndexUtilsTest.java b/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/search/SearchIndexUtilsTest.java
index a06c3c5253ee..3aeed782649b 100644
--- a/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/search/SearchIndexUtilsTest.java
+++ b/openmetadata-service/src/test/java/org/openmetadata/service/search/SearchIndexUtilsTest.java
@@ -219,6 +219,34 @@ void testDescriptionAndTagSourceProcessing() {
     assertEquals(2, descriptionSources.get(ChangeSource.SUGGESTED.value()));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testAiBotAppliedTagsCountAsGenerated() {
+    TagLabel botTag =
+        new TagLabel()
+            .withTagFQN("PII.Sensitive")
+            .withLabelType(TagLabel.LabelType.MANUAL)
+            .withAppliedBy("collateaiapplicationbot");
+    TagLabel botTier =
+        new TagLabel()
+            .withTagFQN("Tier.Tier1")
+            .withLabelType(TagLabel.LabelType.MANUAL)
+            .withAppliedBy("aiautomationapplicationbot");
+    TagLabel humanTag =
+        new TagLabel()
+            .withTagFQN("PersonalData.Personal")
+            .withLabelType(TagLabel.LabelType.MANUAL)
+            .withAppliedBy("analyst");
+    Table table = new Table().withTags(List.of(botTag, botTier, humanTag));
+
+    SearchIndexUtils.TagAndTierSources tagAndTierSources =
+        SearchIndexUtils.processTagAndTierSources(table);
+
+    assertEquals(1, tagAndTierSources.getTagSources().get(TagLabel.LabelType.GENERATED.value()));
+    assertEquals(1, tagAndTierSources.getTierSources().get(TagLabel.LabelType.GENERATED.value()));
+    assertEquals(1, tagAndTierSources.getTagSources().get(TagLabel.LabelType.MANUAL.value()));
+    assertNull(tagAndTierSources.getTierSources().get(TagLabel.LabelType.MANUAL.value()));
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testSearchAggregationBuilderHelpers() {
     SearchAggregationNode termNode = SearchAggregation.terms("team", "owner.name", 25);