YouTube Music launches labels for AI-generated music
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YouTube Music announced labels to disclose the role of artificial intelligence in creating songs. They will appear on the player page and provide more details when selected; the system will also be added to the main YouTube app. The company says it worked with music partners and used its own detection tools to identify AI-generated tracks.
According to the service’s help page, partners can classify songs as “Fully Gen AI,” “Partly Gen AI” or “No Gen AI.” The first category covers tracks generated entirely by AI; the second covers works combining AI-generated components with elements recorded by artists; pitch correction such as Auto-Tune falls into the third. Unlike Deezer and TIDAL, which impose additional restrictions, YouTube says AI involvement does not make a track ineligible for monetization: its focus is disclosure.
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The labels may give listeners and partners more context to distinguish different levels of AI use in music, without blocking monetization according to YouTube. They also establish a transparency model different from the additional restrictions adopted by Deezer and TIDAL.
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