Apple Music Rolling Out Disclosure Tags for AI-Made Songs

Source: MacRumors

Overview

Apple Music is rolling out a new metadata system called Transparency Tags, which indicates when AI has been used in the creation of music hosted on the platform.

Implementation Details

• Apple sent a newsletter to industry partners on Wednesday to explain how it will roll out the new set of metadata.
• The tags are optional for now; if omitted, no AI is assumed.
• Apple defers to content providers to determine what qualifies as AI‑generated, and treats the tags similarly to genres, credits, and other existing metadata.
• Apple describes it as a first step toward industry‑wide transparency around AI‑generated music.

“Proper tagging of content is the first step in giving the music industry the data and tools needed to develop thoughtful policies around AI,” Apple said in the newsletter, “and we believe labels and distributors must take an active role in reporting when the content they deliver is created using AI.”

Comparison with Competitors

• Deezer has built its own detection infrastructure to independently identify AI‑generated tracks, though it is not 100 % accurate.
• With Apple’s tags, there isn’t a visible enforcement or cross‑verification process in place.

Statistics

• Approximately 60,000 fully AI‑generated tracks are added per day.
• Synthetic content now accounts for roughly 39 % of all music delivered to the platform.
• Up to 85 % of streams on AI‑generated music were fraudulent in 2025, according to Deezer’s data.