Apple Music will add visible "Made With AI" labels for content later this year

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9to5Mac Skip to main content Apple Music Apple Music will soon get visible labels for content Marcus Mendes | Aug 20 2026. 1:08 pm PT 9 Comments Apple has shared more details about the AI labeling requirements it announced for Apple Music back in March. material will be visibly labeled on Apple Music Earlier this year, Apple announced that Apple Music would soon require AI transparency disclosures for new artwork, tracks, compositions, and music videos added to the platform.

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• In an email sent to creators today, Apple says that "later this year, we will also make these tags visible to Apple Music users in the form of Made With Al Labels." Apple also clarifies when those...
• Apple Music's move is just the latest example of how streaming platforms are trying to address the influx of music as more and more artists incorporate generative AI into their production processes.
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Content providers will be required to include Al Transparency Tags in any instance where Al was used to create a material portion of the content, including tracks that are Al platform generated. Apple Music adds that its goal with this move is to "provide listeners with as much transparency as possible," and refers creators to its Music Style Guide for more information. Deezer also announced last month that fully music had surpassed 50% of its daily new music uploads for the first time.

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Details worth keeping

Apple Music will soon get visible labels for content. Now, the company has shared more details about how that is going to work. In Apple Music's case, the platform's lead Oliver Schusser recently appeared on Billboard's On the Record podcast, where he said that although more than a third of the music uploaded to Apple Music each month is fully, it accounts for less than 0.5% of listening on the service.

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• Routenote: Apple Music is making its AI transparency labels visible to listeners later this year, requiring labels and distributors to disclose when a material portion of a release has been created using AI.
• Macrumors: Apple sent emails to its music industry partners about the upcoming launch of a Made With AI label that Apple will apply to content (via The Hollywood Reporter).