Genuine human creativity takes time, but you know what doesn’t? Deterioration of AI. There are countless AI models that can create something that passes for music, and you might come across those tracks on streaming services without realizing it. Google says it will begin tagging that content on YouTube Music, based on similar disclosures in the main YouTube app.
Google is not completely banning AI music or badmouthing it. “Generative AI is opening up new ways for artists to create, experience and share music,” the company says in a blog post.
However, the company also recognizes that people want to know if a song was created with generative artificial intelligence tools. A new tag for AI content on YouTube Music is now rolling out in the app and on the website, which looks a lot like a tag Google started adding to AI-generated videos on YouTube earlier this year.
The AI tag will be visible on the player page and tapping it will open a menu with more information. The label will be applied to songs that were created entirely or significantly modified with AI. But how will Google know when to apply that label? That might be a little complicated.
The process of tagging music with AI will be similar to Google’s detection setup with YouTube videos. Google says it is working with partners and using its own detection tools to identify music with AI. When publishers upload content, they can specify how much (if any) genomic AI was used. The levels are full-spawn AI, partial-spawn AI, and no-spawn AI. However, this is optional.
