Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry, Camila Cabello
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The Artist Rights Alliance, which is backed by about 200 music artists including Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and Camila Cabello, has issued a statement against digital music developers that “infringes rights and devalues their rights.” We have published an open letter calling for an end to the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Rights of human artists. ”
The campaign warns against the use of musical works by AI developers who train and create AI “copycats” without permission or use AI “sounds” to reduce royalty obligations. rang. Their intervention comes as the threat of AI to creators, and its value to tech giants, is receiving increasing attention in the legal and pop music arenas.
“Working musicians already struggle to make a living in the world of streaming, but now they are under the added burden of having to compete with a flood of AI-generated noise replacing human artists. “Unethical use of generative AI devalues the entire music ecosystem for both artists and fans,” ARA Executive Director Jen Jacobsen said in a statement.
With the advent of AI, developers can use vocal samples to transform the songs they create into songs that sound like popular human artists who don’t know or have permission to create the songs. became. Signers of the open letter include Sam Smith, HYBE, Jon Bon Jovi, Norah Jones, Pearl Jam, Lem Chuck D and Kate Hudson.
“Make no mistake about it, I believe that AI, when used responsibly, has great potential to enhance human creativity and enable the development and growth of new and exciting experiences for music fans around the world. “Unfortunately, some platforms and developers are using AI to stifle creativity and undermine artists, songwriters, musicians, and rights holders,” the artists’ open letter reads. It has been stated.
In October 2023, three major music publishers (Universal Music Publishing Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO) will collect information and text from the Internet and generate output based on that Internet source. sued Anthropic, an AI company that builds AI models by training models. . The music publisher claimed that Anthropic was infringing its copyrighted lyrics.
“We must protect against the predatory use of AI to steal the voices and likenesses of professional artists, violate the rights of creators, and destroy the music ecosystem. digital music platforms and music-based services that undermine or replace the human artistry of songwriters and artists or deny them fair compensation for their work, or “We ask you to commit not to develop or deploy tools,” the artists’ letter continued.
Their campaign comes as US politicians and regulators are considering establishing a protection system to ensure the appropriate use of AI in music while compensating artists.
A full list of artists behind the campaign and an open letter can be found on the Artists Rights Alliance website.
