YouTube Music is the latest of the big streaming services to reveal how it plans to label AI-generated music. Its labels went live yesterday (14 October) for songs “created primarily using generative AI”.
“For example, this includes using a generative model to create the composition and vocals. These new music labels will also expand to the main YouTube app,” noted YouTube Music’s blog post.
The label takes the form of an ‘AI’ button that can be tapped to pop up more information about how a song was made.
“We’re teaming up with music partners and using our own detection tools to identify AI-generated tracks, applying the same labeling principles already used across YouTube,” explained the post.
What this means, however, is that YouTube – like Apple Music, Spotify and Deezer – is not using the system of labels proposed by a group of music-industry bodies in July.
With three of the four biggest DSPs choosing their own labelling systems, it’s hard to see a way forward for the industry’s preferred system. Although perhaps the bigger win is that the streaming services are committing to labelling, which is good for listeners and the industry alike.
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