{"id":150130,"date":"2026-08-25T02:38:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/150130\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T02:38:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:38:12","slug":"australias-top-music-charts-ban-ai-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/150130\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s top music charts ban AI songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Music made by artificial intelligence will be banned from Australia&#8217;s top charts under new guidelines aimed at protecting &#8220;the human nature of artistry&#8221;, an industry body said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Under new rules in force from Friday, music must be &#8220;substantially human made&#8221; in order to be eligible for the charts, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Wholly AI-generated tracks will not be eligible for the ARIA Charts,&#8221; the group said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It said its charts would exclude songs that use AI &#8220;to generate the entirety or the primary portion of the creative elements&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But &#8220;recordings that use generative AI in a supporting role remain eligible,&#8221; it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The move follows growing concern in the music industry over a surge in AI-generated music hitting the airwaves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In July, a cover of Madonna&#8217;s &#8220;Like a Prayer&#8221; soared to the top of the charts in Australia but drew scrutiny after it was revealed to have used AI-generated vocals and drums.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Streaming giant Spotify has said it will launch a new &#8220;AI Persona&#8221; badge clearly identifying content producers that are AI-generated and not real people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More than one-third of new uploads to Apple Music are entirely created with AI, a platform executive told Billboard this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">That month several major music industry organisations unveiled a labelling system for content created with generative AI that they would like to see widely adopted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;These changes reflect our intent to remain dynamic and promote the human nature of artistry in what is &#8212; 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