Tidal Establishes New AI Guardrails

The music streaming service Tidal has recently released new AI guardrails which will identify and demonetize works which minimally use AI and completely remove works which use AI heavily or completely. These changes are slated to take effect on July 15th 2026.

Read Tidal's Guidelines Here:

https://tidal.com/magazine/article/were-for-real/1-98742

Read more about these changes and how other services are responding to AI :

variety.com

Tidal to Label AI-Generated Music, Ban Royalties from AI Song Streams

Tidal said on Monday that artists uploading AI-generated music will have such songs labeled — and those songs won't be eligible for royalties.

www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

TIDAL to automatically tag AI-generated music… and block it from earning royalties - Music Business Worldwide

TIDAL is introducing an AI policy that will automatically tag wholly AI-generated music in its app…

www.billboard.com

Tidal Won’t Monetize AI-Generated Content, Says Distributors Should Also Be Held Accountable

Tidal says it won't monetize AI-generated music in a new policy update that says distributors should also be held accountable for these uploads.