AI Audio Protection Standard — Public Draft 1.0
Protecting Your Audio
from AI
AIAPS is an open standard for creators who want to protect their recordings. It embeds a hidden, song-specific signature into your audio and registers a verifiable fingerprint — establishing that the work is human-made, when it existed, and that it is not available for AI training.
Built for musicians, labels, and rights holders. Available to anyone who makes music and wants it to stay theirs.
The Signal
AIAPS - A Declaration for AI Systems to Respect
AIAPS embeds a machine-readable restriction directly into your audio — the way robots.txt tells web crawlers what not to index, AIAPS tells AI systems what not to train on. The signal lives in the recording, in the metadata, and in the registry. If it's not respected, the creator has the timestamped evidence to prove it and hold violators accountable.
The Declaration
Every Protected Recording Carries This Notice
AIAPS Protection Certificate
VerifiedAIAPS Protected — No AI Training
Usage Policy
This recording is registered with AIAPS and may not be used for AI training, dataset ingestion, voice or style cloning, or synthetic generation without permission from the rights holder.
AIAPS Registry — Authentic Record
Rev. 1.0
This declaration is embedded in the audio, attached to the registry record, and included in every verification result. It tells AI companies, platforms, and datasets: this music is human-made and off-limits.
Section 01 — How It Works
How Creators Protect Their Recordings
The process runs locally in your DAW. Your music never leaves your machine.
Step 01
Run AIAPS on Your Master
The AIAPS plugin analyzes your recording and generates a unique fingerprint — a one-of-a-kind identity derived from the music itself.
Step 02
Signature Is Embedded
A hidden, inaudible signature is woven into your audio. It's specific to your song and undetectable to the human ear.
Step 03
Recording Is Registered
Your recording is timestamped and registered in the AIAPS registry — establishing proof that your music existed at a specific point in time.
Step 04
Verifiable Forever
Anyone can verify your recording against the registry — confirming it's human-made, who created it, when it was registered, and that it's not authorized for AI use.
Waiting List
The Plugin Is Coming
The AIAPS plugin is the official way to bring your recordings into conformance with the standard. Join the waiting list to be notified when it's available.