While many online music listening applications such as Spotify, Bandcamp or Deezer have taken steps to help users recognize content created by artificial intelligence (AI), Apple Music has almost not taken clear steps before.
However, this platform has just introduced a "transparency card" system to allow listeners to know if part or all of the content is created by AI or not.
According to Apple's newsletter sent to partners in the music industry, the affixing of these tags will be carried out by record labels and content distribution units.
Apple said that proper labeling is the first step for the music industry to have the necessary data and tools to build appropriate policies related to AI. The company believes that record labels and distributors need to proactively report when the content they provide is created by AI. This is considered an initial step to increase transparency for content created by AI.
On online music streaming platforms, the accompanying data system has long been used to display information such as song titles, albums, genres or artists. With the new change, these tags will be expanded to identify elements created entirely or partially by AI, including cover photos, music tracks, compositions and music videos.
However, Apple's system still depends on record labels and distributors self-declaring the use of AI. Apple has not yet announced a mechanism to check or handle AI content that is not tagged.
Meanwhile, some other platforms such as Deezer and Bandcamp use their own AI detection tools to automatically mark content, even if the distributor does not declare it.
According to Deezer, as of January 2026, this platform receives more than 60,000 songs created entirely by AI each day, double that of September 2025. The company said the aggregated content, often called "AI trash", has now reached 13.4 million songs on their system.
