{
  "id": 3207537,
  "title": "Australia's ARIA says songs created mostly or entirely by AI will be excluded from its charts; a song that used AI became the most-played song on radio in July (Cam Wilson/ABC)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/australias-aria-says-songs-created-mostly-or-entirely-by-ai-will-be",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-25T06:25:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Techmeme",
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    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-25/ai-generated-music-to-be-banned-from-aria-charts/107072642"
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  "summary": "In short: — Australia's main music charts have announced a ban on AI-generated music to start this week.",
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      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "AI-generated music to be banned from ARIA charts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/ai-generated-music-to-be-banned-from-aria-charts",
        "published": "2026-08-24T19:07:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Australia bans fully AI-generated music from top charts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/australia-bans-fully-ai-generated-music-from-top-charts",
        "published": "2026-08-25T00:59:45.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "AI-generated music banned from Australian charts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/ai-generated-music-banned-from-australian-charts",
        "published": "2026-08-25T05:41:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Australia's music chart bars fully AI-generated music",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/australias-music-chart-bars-fully-ai-generated-music",
        "published": "2026-08-25T05:52:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "Australia’s music industry bans AI-generated tracks from official charts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/australias-music-industry-bans-ai-generated-tracks-from-official",
        "published": "2026-08-25T06:53:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Economic Times Tech",
        "title": "Australia's music industry bans AI-generated tracks from official charts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/australias-music-industry-bans-ai-generated-tracks-from-official-3218305",
        "published": "2026-08-25T07:07:48.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Australia's music charts implement ban on AI-generated songs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/australias-music-charts-implement-ban-on-ai-generated-songs",
        "published": "2026-08-25T07:38:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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