“An attack on human creativity”… 200 people, including Billie Eilish, signed a petition expressing concerns about AI music

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2024-04-06 12:52:48

About 200 famous foreign singers, including Billie Eilish and Nicki Minaj, urged generative artificial intelligence (AI) developers, platform companies such as YouTube, and music service companies not to use AI for their own learning and output.

According to CBC, the Artist Rights Alliance issued an open letter on the 3rd saying, “We must stop the predatory use of AI that steals the voices and likenesses of professional artists, violates the rights of creators, and destroys the music ecosystem.” He said.

The letter was signed by more than 200 active singers such as Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, and Katy Perry, as well as popular singers and bands of the past, including Bon Jovi, the Jonas Brothers, Stevie Wonder, and Elvis Costello. They argued that the use of artists’ work to train AI models and systems is an “attack on human creativity.” However, no mention was made of legal action.

This is not the first time that the issue of artists’ ‘publicity rights’ being used without permission in AI learning and output has emerged. The right of publicity is a concept that has recently emerged with the development of AI, and refers to the ‘commercial right to use personality marks’ that allows elements that characterize an individual, such as portrait, name, and voice, to be used commercially.

In April last year, the song ‘Heart on My Sleeve’ was released as a collaboration song between famous rapper Drake and singer-songwriter The Weeknd on global music platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music, but was deleted after four days after it was revealed that it was created by AI. done.

Last year, Google, Meta, Stability AI, Adobe, etc. launched music generation AI models one after another, and now fake music that appears to be a famous singer like Justin Bieber singing another singer’s song is being synthesized by the general public and uploaded to YouTube.

However, there are also claims that AI has opened up a way for musicians to earn ‘unearned income’. Grimes, a famous Canadian singer and producer, became a hot topic in April last year when she willingly gave permission to use her own voice in her AI song on the condition that half of her profits be paid to her as royalties. .

Afterwards, Grimes launched ‘CreateSafe’, a generative AI model that allows fans to create songs with their own voices and share the profits. Dauda Leonard, who produced the AI ​​model, commented on the CBC broadcast that day, “We have shown a way to equally involve artists, composers, and producers in the process of using generative AI.”

Producer Jordan Young (aka DJ Swivel) will jointly launch the AI ​​model Hooky in May with famous singers he has worked with, including Beyoncé and Coldplay. The plan is to allow artists to decide whether to allow AI work and receive royalties directly.

(Seoul = News 1)

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