Apple Music's AI stance: "Technology should amplify artists, not replace them"

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Apple Music shared an open letter to reaffirm its commitment to responsible AI use in the music industry.
The service believes AI should amplify, not replace artists, and AI music makes up less than 1% of plays.
While AI offers innovative storytelling opportunities for artists, Apple requires clear labeling and transparency to prevent abuse.
In March, Apple Music introduced tagging support for AI content, with plans to make it mandatory for all distributors.
Apple has developed internal tools to identify AI-generated content and combat fraud, spam, and impersonation.
Songs with manipulated streams are automatically removed, and penalties for stream manipulation were doubled in February.
Apple claims to lead the industry in preventing stream manipulation, excluding about 2 billion manipulated streams in 2025.
Human curation remains central to Apple Music, with editorial teams focusing on music recommendations and discovery.
Apple uses AI tools like AutoMix and Playlist Playground to enhance the user experience and create personalized playlists.

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