Apple Music Introduces Voluntary AI Transparency Labels for Songs and Content
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Jess Weatherbed
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Summary
Apple Music is introducing a voluntary "Transparency Tags" system that asks artists and record labels to label songs and content created using AI. The metadata system covers four categories: track (for AI-generated sound recordings), composition (for AI-generated elements like lyrics), artwork, and music videos. This initiative aims to provide transparency about AI involvement in music creation on Apple's streaming platform.
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· 5 pulledApple is asking artists and record labels on its music streaming platform to voluntarily label songs that were made using AI.
The new 'Transparency Tags' metadata system for Apple Music was announced in a newsletter to industry partners yesterday.
The track tag should be applied when 'a material portion of a sound recording' has been generated by AI tools.
The composition tag covers other AI-generated compositional elements, such as song lyrics.
The artwork tag applies to AI-generated visual content associated with music.
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