Australia’s music industry bans AI-generated tracks from official charts

Crackdown comes as a variation of Madonna’s ‘Like a Prayer’ created by a producer using AI-generated vocals and drums has spent 16 weeks in the Australian top 20

Australia's move comes as AI music floods streaming platforms, with a new study finding 38.5% of music released globally in July involved AI.

Australia’s recorded music industry will bar tracks wholly generated by artificial intelligence from official charts as burgeoning generative technologies threaten artists’ livelihoods, a representative said on Tuesday.

Under new rules, recordings developed using generative A.I. will only be allowed if they are “substantially human-made,” the peak body says.

The crackdown comes as a variation of a Madonna pop hit sparks debate

This is basically a riff on ‘You wouldn’t steal a car’ and means only the human league can have a hit

Australia’s recorded music industry says tracks wholly generated by AI will be barred from official charts as burgeoning generative technologies threaten artists’ livelihoods

Australia’s recorded music industry says tracks wholly generated by AI will be barred from official charts as burgeoning generative technologies threaten artists’ livelihoods

Australia’s music industry bans AI-generated tracks from official charts  AP News

Tracks that use AI in a 'supporting role' will still be eligible for inclusion in the official charts.

The ARIA chart is drawing a line between artists who use AI as a tool and songs created largely by machines.

Music made by artificial intelligence will be banned from Australia's top charts under new guidelines aimed at protecting "the human nature of artistry", an industry body said today.

The move comes weeks after a DJ admitted using AI to remix a Madonna song that topped the Australian charts.

To qualify, a recording must be "substantially human-made" and raise "no stream or chart manipulation concerns."

Music made by artificial intelligence will be banned from Australia’s top charts under new guidelines aimed at protecting “the human nature of artistry”, an industry body said on Tuesday. Under new rules in force from Friday, music must be “substantially human made” to be eligible for the charts, the Australian Recordi

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Songs created mostly or entirely by artificial intelligence will be excluded from Australia's official music charts from this Friday.