YouTube Music has begun adding labels for tracks "primarily" created using generative AI.

In a blog post published on Wednesday (14th October), YouTube said the impetus behind the labels – which will be visible directly on the YouTube Music player page – is to offer greater "transparency" for listeners.

You can then tap the label to see more information about those tracks that have been made with a significant amount of AI.

The labels, which are concerned with generative AI use for composition and vocals, for example, will also expand to the main YouTube app, although it's not clear yet when this will take effect.

"Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for viewers and listeners to have the right information and clarity when it comes to the music they listen to," YouTube said in a blog post.

YouTube follows in the footsteps of a growing number of music streaming platforms and distributors, including Spotify, which in August announced its move to start introducing an "AI persona" label for profiles the platform determines have been generated with AI. Apple Music also began rolling out AI Transparency Tags in March and in August revealed plans to take the AI labelling further later this year.

Back in June, TIDAL announced its decision to exclude AI-generated music from royalty payments. The following month, digital music source Traxsource implemented “Human-Made” and “AI-Assisted” labels to its platform.

Last month, generative AI music company Suno admitted it had been training its AI models on audio data scraped from YouTube.

Meanwhile, a new study shared by SubmitHub in August found that almost 40% of music released in July was flagged as containing AI-generated or AI-assisted material. In May, music streaming service Deezer announced that AI-generated music accounted for 44% of all daily uploads to its platform.