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YouTube Music starts labelling songs made with AI
A tag on the player page marks tracks where generative AI did much of the work, and YouTube says the same labels are set for its main app.
YouTube Music began adding a label to songs made mainly with generative AI on Wednesday 14 October 2026, YouTube said on its blog. The tag sits on the player page. Tap it and a short note explains what the AI did. YouTube’s own example is a track whose tune and vocals both came from an AI model. The company says the labels are also set to appear in the main YouTube app.
To decide which songs get the tag, YouTube combines what music partners declare with its own detection tools. Partners pick one of three categories: fully AI-generated, partly AI-generated or no generative AI, TechCrunch reports. Fixing a singer’s pitch with Auto-Tune or a similar tool does not, by itself, earn a track an AI label.
The label is a disclosure. A track made with AI can still earn money on YouTube, TechCrunch notes, while Deezer leaves the AI tracks it detects out of its recommendations. Spotify puts labels on fake artists, Engadget reports, and many streaming services are taking their own approach to AI music.
If you release music made mainly with AI, YouTube Music listeners now see a label saying so on the track itself, and the main YouTube app is due to follow.
Sources
- YouTube: YouTube Music adds new labels for AI music. Checked
- TechCrunch: YouTube Music launches new labels as AI-generated music floods streaming platforms. Checked
- Engadget: YouTube Music adds new labels for AI-generated content. Checked
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