Apple Music Adding 'Made With AI' Tags to Tracks
Apple's putting AI on blast—literally labeling which tracks are machine-made.
Apple Music is rolling out transparency tags later this year so you'll know exactly which songs were built with AI. The company's leaning on labels and distributors to flag tracks that were "materially generated using AI"—meaning the machine did serious heavy lifting on the production side.
This follows Apple's March rollout of AI transparency tech, but now it's getting real implementation at scale. The goal seems straightforward: let listeners know what they're actually hearing.
It's a smart move that respects the conversation happening around AI in music right now. Nobody's banning anything or acting like the technology doesn't exist. Just putting the cards on the table and letting people make their own call. That's how you handle it—transparency over gatekeeping.
Read the full story at CMU → https://completemusicupdate.com/apple-music-to-start-labelling-tracks-made-with-ai/
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