Overview
- The Australian Recording Industry Association has updated its Charts Code to make wholly AI-generated recordings ineligible for the ARIA Charts and to allow recordings using AI only if they are substantially human-made and raise no manipulation concerns.
- ARIA’s revised code gives the organisation authority to remove ineligible recordings, alter chart positions, revoke chart awards and decline entries, and it allows artists or representatives to contest exclusions.
- The policy follows public scrutiny of an AI-linked cover that rose on radio and the charts and reflects international industry guidance from the IFPI and pressure from major labels to distinguish human-led work from fully generated output.
- Platforms have taken varied approaches, with Spotify using badges for AI personas and default exclusion from recommendations, while questions remain about reliably detecting AI use, proving authorised training data and policing streaming fraud.
- The move could shift how radio, streaming services and awards treat AI-linked work and adds to government efforts to tighten copyright and AI rules, with practical enforcement and verification still unresolved for artists and rights holders.