Apple Music is changing the way record labels and distributors can mark AI-generated or AI-assisted content when they upload it to the platform.
according to worldwide music businessApple sent a newsletter to industry partners on Wednesday detailing how it will introduce a new set of metadata to promote transparency about how and when AI is used in music.
Metadata typically refers to fields such as song title, album title, genre, artist name, and other information that helps keep files organized. Now, Apple Music will add the option to include metadata tags that distributors can implement to flag when certain aspects of a song contain AI-generated content. These tags allow distributors to differentiate between a song’s artwork, track (music), composition (lyrics), or music video.
Looks like this is something Apple Music users are interested in – one Reddit user posted A simulated version of a similar feature concept Just a few days ago. But the problem with this type of opt-in tagging is that it is up to the label or distributor to manually choose to flag the use of AI. Spotify is taking a similar approach.
Other music streaming platforms like Deezer Efforts are being made to flag content with in-house AI detection tools, but it remains challenging to build these types of systems that are as accurate as possible.
TechCrunch has reached out to Apple for more details.
