The major labels propose rules to keep AI slop off the charts

<figure> <img alt="Image showing a cartoony robot head with music notes inside a speech bubble near it." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge / Shutterstock" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/STK467_AI_Music.webp?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Several record labels, including the big three - Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group - have proposed rules regarding <a href="https://www.sonymusic.com/sony-music-corporate-non-home/believe-bmg-concord-dirty-hit-glassnote-records-hybe-mompop-music-partisan-records-sony-music-universal-music-group-and-warner-music-group-set-out-proposal-for-global-principles-for-eligibil/">chart eligibility for AI songs</a>. In short, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-industry-news/record-labels-call-to-disqualify-ai-slop-songs-from-charts-1236659042/">they wouldn't be</a>. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">The proposal goes quite a bit further than a <a href="https://www.riaa.com/music-community-introduces-new-labeling-programto-distinguish-generative-ai-in-sound-recordings/">labeling proposal</a> put forth by the RIAA, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), SAG-AFTRA, and others. That would create a set of standardized labels for AI-generated and AI-assisted music. The labels' proposal would require songs be clearly labeled, but it would also keep them off international charts unless they met specific criteria, including being "substantially human …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/973741/ai-music-major-record-labels-charts">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>