LOS ANGELES: YouTube plans to label songs created or altered using artificial intelligence (AI), the Google subsidiary has announced.
The labels will first be introduced on YouTube's music service and are also to be extended to the main app, where users will be told whether a track has been changed with AI or created entirely using the technology, YouTube said on Oct 14.
YouTube is following the lead of music streaming rivals Spotify and Apple, although all three have somewhat different approaches. The Google platform said it would use information from music partners as well as its own detection technology to identify songs with a significant AI contribution.
Spotify, the market leader in music streaming, introduced an "AI Persona" label for artist profiles in August. People behind the music can either disclose AI involvement themselves, or Spotify can add a notice if it finds AI-generated portraits in profiles.
Apple requires music partners to label songs made with artificial intelligence so that the information can also be shown to users. – dpa
