The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) has confirmed that AI-generated songs will be banned from Australian charts.
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The changes have been outlined in the updated ARIA Charts Code of Practice, which will be published on Friday (August 28) and go into effect on Monday (August 31).
In the new amendments, ARIA outlines that songs made entirely by artificial intelligence will not be eligible for the ARIA Charts. Songs that are predominantly made by humans but use AI in a supportive role will remain eligible.
If a song is found to be entirely made using AI technology, it may be removed from the charts, have accreditations withdrawn, be taken out of consideration for an ARIA Award, and be required to return any previously-awarded ARIA Number One Award.
In any instance where an artist would like to dispute their song being labelled as entirely AI-generated, they will be able to provide evidence proving that it was predominantly made by a human and potentially have the decision overturned.
The move marks the latest effort to crack down on AI music, and comes amid a study finding that AI was detected in almost 40 per cent of music released worldwide last month alone.
Another study before then found that 97 per cent of people “can’t tell the difference” between real and AI music.
Apple Music has made changes to its platform following the increasing prominence of AI music, and is now labelling music generated by artificial intelligence to provide more transparency for listeners.
Other platforms making a change include TIDAL, which is no longer paying royalties to any music made entirely by AI, Bandcamp banning all music made with AI, and SoundCloud clarifying its stance on AI after a wave of backlash from users.
Deezer has tried to combat the rise in music made entirely by artificial intelligence too, launching a tool to detect AI-generated music on playlists from 20 different streaming services.
Last month, Deezer also shared that AI-generated music now surpasses 50 per cent of daily uploads on the platform – the first time that human-made music has been outnumbered by AI alternatives.
Beatport has announced plans to ban songs that are fully or majority generated by AI too, and Spotify has announced a new labelling system so that users can quickly identify artists and content generated by AI.
Those changes come following the streamer confirming that it was removing 75million “spammy tracks” and targeting impersonators last September.
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