TIDAL to Tag AI-Created Tracks and Withhold Royalties

TIDAL unveiled an AI policy that will automatically tag fully AI-generated tracks in its app and block royalties for those releases, while allowing AI-created music that meets its standards. The policy also forbids AI works that impersonate artists or involve fraud and requires distributors to flag AI content before it reaches the platform; a consumer AI badge will appear on qualifying tracks and the tagging will expand as detection improves. The demonetization takes effect mid-July, following similar actions by Deezer, Qobuz, Apple Music and Spotify to curb AI-driven fraud and ensure royalties go to original human-created works.