TIDAL cracks down on AI music by cutting off monetization
TIDAL's new policy will prevent AI-generated music from making money on its service.
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Music streaming service TIDAL is preventing fully AI-generated music from earning money on its platform and will use automated tools to remove AI music that impersonates artists. The company will tag all fully AI-generated tracks with an "AI" badge so listeners can identify them, and these tracks will be ineligible for monetization, royalties, or direct-to-fan sales. This policy reflects growing concern among listeners who do not want to hear AI-generated music, and joins similar measures taken by other streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music to address the increasing volume of AI tracks on their platforms. TIDAL frames the approach as protecting organic creativity rather than opposing technological advancement.
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