Apple Music Will Also Now Label AI-Generated Songs

The music industry is facing a moral and existential crisis as AI-generated music becomes increasingly prevalent. The latest development in streaming platforms’ response is that Apple Music will begin labeling AI-generated songs. According to The Hollywood Reporter, an email sent out yesterday announced that AI labels on songs will arrive "later this year," confirming reports from back in March.Variety also reviewed the letter sent to industry partners and noted that these new identifiers will appear as Made With AI Labels. "As we implement Made With AI Labels, content providers will be important partners," Apple Music said. "They are best positioned to know how their content was created, and the AI Transparency Tags that should be used."The email stated that "content providers will be required to include AI Transparency Tags in any instance where AI was used to create a material portion of the content, including tracks that are AI platform generated." It added: "We define AI-platform-generated content as anything that is primarily derived from a generative AI service." There was no mention of a specific date when this will appear on the platform.Spotify recently announced that it will introduce an "AI Persona," which isn't quite the same as labeling AI-generated music, although we’ll have a better idea of what that means once the feature is in place.Deezer and TIDAL currently label fully AI-generated music, while Bandcamp and Qobuz ban it entirely. Just a few days ago, Beatport also announced that it will ban fully AI-generated songs while tagging those that are AI-assisted. Amazon Music has yet to contribute anything to the conversation.