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Streaming services move towards tagging AI-created music
Have you ever wondered whether a song you found on a streaming service was created by artificial intelligence? Soon, you may not have to. Some music streaming services, including Spotify and Deezer, have recently committed to labelling AI-generated songs amid a major increase in AI music being uploaded to their platforms. These uploads are usually made by unknown creators using generative AI tools like Suno and Udio. Global on-demand song streams rose 10.3% year-over-year to 2.5 trillion in the first half of 2025, according to a Luminate report. Worldwide music streaming revenues reached a record US$20.4 billion last year.Which streaming services are labelling AI-generated music?Spotify and Deezer have both committed to labelling AI-generated music on their platforms, though their approaches to identifying these songs will differ. Spotify is helping to develop a voluntary disclosure standard alongside digital music standards nonprofit DDEX, the company said in September. Under the program, record labels and distributors will provide information on which aspects of a song were AI-generated, which will then be displayed on Spotify. The platform has also said it will soon add a filter that will tag artists uploading spam
California passes law banning overly loud streaming ads
California has passed a new law aimed at stopping commercial advertisements from increasing the volume on streaming platforms. The new law will impact platforms like Disney+, Netflix, Apple TV, Prime Video and more. The law says commercials cannot be louder than the primary content being watched and builds upon a federal law that sets the volume of ads on broadcast TV and cable stations. It is reminiscent of the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act signed by Barack Obama in 2010 that allowed the Federal Communications Commission to ensure advertisement levels didn't exceed the show it accompanies on TV. California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, signed the bill after hearing complaints from Californians. “We heard Californians loud and clear, and what’s clear is that they don’t want commercials at a volume any louder than the level at which they were previously enjoying a program,” Newsom wrote. “By signing SB 576, California is dialling down this inconvenience across streaming platforms.” The measure has faced opposition from an influential media company that argued that the law would be difficult to implement as streamers don’t have the same control over ad volume as broadcasters. One of the