Spotify begins to show AI credits in songs to differentiate this type of content

Under its goal of offering more control to artists and producers over how they incorporate AI into their creative processes, the streaming content platform announced new measures in September, including an option for declarations of AI use in music credits, under industry standards.

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Specifically, he announced that he was participating in the development of a new standard with the organization for communication standards DDEX, with which artists and rights holders of a song will be able to clearly indicate where and how they used AI to create their content, whether AI-generated voices, instrumentation or post-production.

At the time, Spotify indicated that as information was submitted by labels, distributors and music partners, it would begin displaying it in the app. Now, the platform has begun to implement these voluntary AI usage statements, which are already displayed in the credits of some songs.

This has been reported by The Verge, which has identified these AI credits in certain content on the platform, as detailed, launched by the digital music distribution service DistroKid, as the first Spotify partner to adopt this standard.

In the song example shared here, it is specifically detailed in the credits that generative AI has been used for the synthesizer. Therefore, it agrees with the explanation that Spotify offers on its support page, where it details that the credits apply to individual roles, not to the entire song.

However, this is a feature that remains in beta, available with certain distributors, and can only be seen in the song credits on mobile devices. In addition, it should be noted that AI credits are optional, despite the fact that Spotify is committed to this more transparent approach to the use of this technology.

“This is not about punishing artists who use AI responsibly, nor will it affect the way content is prioritized or promoted on Spotify,” he clarified at the time of presentation.