{"id":2315827,"date":"2026-03-06T16:58:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2315827"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:58:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:58:33","slug":"we-believe-labels-and-distributors-must-take-an-active-role-in-reporting-apple-music-announces-new-tagging-system-for-ai-generated-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/we-believe-labels-and-distributors-must-take-an-active-role-in-reporting-apple-music-announces-new-tagging-system-for-ai-generated-music\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWe believe labels and distributors must take an active role in reporting\u201d: Apple Music announces new tagging system for AI-generated music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"0c98b217-1468-482c-a23b-b7ff0e16846e\"><strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/tag\/apple-inc\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/tag\/apple-inc\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.musicradar.com\/tag\/apple-inc\">Apple<\/a> Music is introducing a new initiative that it hopes will provide greater transparency regarding AI-generated music. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Apple is calling them transparency tags. Essentially, they\u2019re labels that record labels and distributors can apply to tracks delivered to Apple Music immediately, and will be required to use when delivering new content in the future.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"0c98b217-1468-482c-a23b-b7ff0e16846e-2\">The tags cover four main elements: artwork, track, composition, and music video.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pb-0 pt-2 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-bold&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The track tag is used when AI generates a material portion of a sound recording, and the composition tag covers any AI-generated lyrics. As you\u2019d expect, the video one covers any visual content. Labels and distributors can use multiple labels on the same track.<\/p>\n<p>In a newsletter announcing the changes, Apple said that \u201csimilar to genres, credits, and other metadata,\u201d it will defer to the actual providers to determine what qualifies as AI-generated content.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProper tagging of content is the first step in giving the music industry the data and tools needed to develop thoughtful policies around AI,\u201d they state, \u201cand we believe labels and distributors must take an active role in reporting when the content they deliver is created using AI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hang on, you might well say, what\u2019s to stop nefarious individuals from just, er, not bothering to put any tags on? This rather looks like self-policing. Not a system that\u2019s worked very well, whether that\u2019s regulating financial markets or the water industry.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-837gijw8c8XzFE6Givrd9a\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-837gijw8c8XzFE6Givrd9a slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Want all the hottest music and gear news, reviews, deals, features and more, direct to your inbox? Sign up here. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Apple said that they hoped the tagging requirements provide: \u201ca concrete first step toward the transparency necessary for the industry to establish best practices and policies that work for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scale of the problem of AI slop seems to grow with every passing month. Deezer revealed in January that it was receiving 60,000 new fully-generated AI tracks, <em>a day<\/em>. That\u2019s compared with just 10,000 in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of last year, the platform reported that 85% of those were fraudulent. \u201cWe know that the majority of AI-music is uploaded to Deezer with the purpose of committing fraud, and we continue to take action,\u201d said Alexis Lanternier, CEO of Deezer.<\/p>\n<p>The Paris-based platform has been building its own AI detection software over the past year and claims to have detected and tagged 13.4 million AI tracks in total. Deezer has also started to license its detection technology to other platforms, including the French collecting society SACEM.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, Apple\u2019s approach suggests a company that is still in denial about the scale of AI fraud worldwide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.musicradar.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple Music is introducing a new initiative that it hopes will provide greater transparency regarding AI-generated music. Apple is calling them transparency tags. Essentially, they\u2019re labels that record labels and distributors can apply to tracks delivered to Apple Music immediately, and will be required to use when delivering new content in the future. 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