"Every day, we have to play an increasingly difficult game of "Spot the AI." There's the Velvet Sundown's psych-rock troll; the Japanese gay porn megahit; the lo-fi dreamslop. For the most part, the streaming services haven't done much to prevent songs like these from appearing on their platforms. YouTube might have given users the option to disclose whether their uploads contained synthetic media, but many obvious AI videos opted to not themselves."
"Citing their mission to support musicians as humans and not just "mere producers of sound," they announced a ban on music and audio "generated wholly or in substantial part by AI." Anything using AI to impersonate an artist or a style would also be prohibited, in accordance with the company's existing policies on infringement. They urged users to report anything that seemed to violate these rules, and said the company reserved the right to remove anything they found suspicious."
AI-created songs and synthetic media have proliferated across streaming platforms, often without clear disclosure or intervention. Some services offered optional labels or targeted spammy uploads, but enforcement largely relied on creators self-reporting AI use. Deezer began auto-tagging detected AI tracks, and Bandcamp implemented a ban on music or audio generated wholly or substantially by AI and any AI that impersonates artists or styles. The Bandcamp policy encouraged user reporting and reserved removal rights, prompting praise from many creators and backlash from experimental musicians who warn such bans could hinder human experimentation with machine-learning tools and be difficult to adjudicate fairly.
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