EQUIPEngadget · 1h ago
Australia's recording association bans AI-made music from charts
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Australia's recording association has officially banned purely AI-generated music from appearing on its national charts. The new policy mandates that qualifying tracks must be substantially human-made, though supplemental generative tools remain permitted.
- 01ARIA enforces new eligibility rules requiring human authorship for all chart-topping musical entries
- 02Generative AI tools are permitted exclusively for supportive roles in the creative process
- 03Works identified as predominantly machine-generated are now strictly excluded from official rankings
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Songs using gen-AI as a support tool will still be allowed, so long as they're "substantially human made."