{"id":2504916,"date":"2026-07-16T17:54:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2504916"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:54:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:54:45","slug":"a-i-music-is-already-here-to-protect-human-artists-the-record-industry-proposes-new-labels-like-those-for-explicit-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/a-i-music-is-already-here-to-protect-human-artists-the-record-industry-proposes-new-labels-like-those-for-explicit-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"A.I. Music Is Already Here. To Protect Human Artists, the Record Industry Proposes New Labels, Like Those for Explicit Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The proposal comes as A.I.-generated music makes up an increasing share of what\u2019s available on streaming platforms<\/h2>\n
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Top music industry leaders calling for greater transparency in the age of artificial intelligence shared a new proposal to clearly label songs created entirely or in part using A.I.<\/p>\n

Proponents say the labels\u2014which would look and function similarly to the parental advisory sticker<\/a>, first introduced more than 35 years ago to indicate tracks with explicit lyrics\u2014are meant to protect the ingenuity of human artists while giving listeners a full understanding of the art with which they are interacting.<\/p>\n

\u201cFans want to know whether and how generative A.I. has been used in the music to which they listen,\u201d Vikki Oakley and Mitch Glazier, respective CEOs of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and the Recording Industry Association of America, say in a joint statement<\/a>. \u201cGiven how important human artistry and authenticity is to music lovers all over the world, these labels will provide an immediately understandable and easily scalable approach to transparency.\u201d<\/p>\n

One design, an upper-case \u201cAI,\u201d would indicate a song is \u201cA.I.-generated,\u201d meaning \u201cthe entirety or the primary portion of the creative elements of the recording\u201d was made by the technology. This includes A.I.-generated lead vocals or key instrumental performances. The other label, a lower-case \u201cai,\u201d would indicate a song is \u201cA.I.-assisted,\u201d meaning it was \u201ccreated substantially by humans and expresses human creativity,\u201d but still used generative A.I. for some \u201cexpressive elements.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Fun fact: Technology and music<\/p>\n

In the early 1900s, player pianos<\/a> came on the market that had interior mechanisms that read rolls of music and pushed the keys to create sound without a human musician.\u00a0\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Making songs with A.I. tools is getting easier, and many people are experimenting. In April, the French streaming platform Deezer reported<\/a> that 44 percent of new uploaded music was A.I.-generated, amounting to some 75,000 tracks per day. That same month, Apple Music executives estimated that more than one-third of newly uploaded tracks were made by A.I. Though these songs accounted for less than 1 percent of peoples\u2019 listening, Billboard<\/em><\/a>\u2019s Kristin Robinson reported, some tracks have broken through into the mainstream, raising concerns that A.I. music is siphoning revenue\u2014and stealing the spotlight\u2014from human musicians.<\/p>\n

A number of controversies reported in recent weeks have made these concerns material. Musicians and producers in Australia wonder whether one of the country\u2019s current top-charting songs, a cover of \u201cLike a Prayer\u201d that has racked up more than 35 million streams on Spotify, was actually made with generative A.I. Experts say the track\u2019s \u201chighly compressed\u201d audio is a telltale giveaway.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a very … impressive vocal performance if it was delivered by a human but if it\u2019s not, that brings in really worrying questions around what we value any more in terms of human expression,\u201d Sam Whiting, a senior research fellow at RMIT University\u2019s school of media and communication, tells the Guardian<\/em><\/a>\u2019s Caitlin Cassidy.<\/p>\n

Owen Lyman-Schmidt, one-half of the folk group Makeshift Hammer, writes in Philadelphia Magazine<\/em><\/a> how he discovered a few years ago that recordings of his band\u2019s music had been stolen by another \u201cartist\u201d on Spotify, and slightly sped up or slowed down. Those counterfeit tracks, he says, had thousands more streams than the originals, which Lyman-Schmidt attributes to \u201cfake listeners,\u201d or A.I. bots that inflate streaming numbers in order to generate extra revenue.<\/p>\n

And last year, a fake band called Velvet Sundown eclipsed 1.4 million monthly listeners on Spotify with A.I.-generated music, images and backstories. For some musical experts, their popularity offered an intriguing perspective on the anonymity of A.I. music-making.<\/p>\n

\u201cGhost artists have been part of music culture for generations, and A.I. is only the newest tool in that lineage,\u201d Ben Camp, associate professor of songwriting at the Berklee College of Music, told Berklee Now<\/em><\/a>\u2019s Tara Bellucci in 2025.<\/p>\n

It is not clear whether the proposed A.I. labels will be adopted or mandated by any streaming platforms or distributors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis initiative ensures that creativity, authorship, and artistic intent remain at the center of every song,\u201d Harvey Mason Jr., CEO of The Grammys, says in a statement<\/a>. \u201cGiving artists the ability to tell that story strengthens trust and supports a more sustainable future for music.\u201d<\/p>\n

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