In addition to warning about AI’s impact on musical creativity, the letter<\/a> discusses the erosion of performers\u2019 rights: \u201cThis assault on human creativity must be stopped. We must protect against the predatory use of Al to steal professional artists’ voices and likenesses, violate creators’ rights, and destroy the music ecosystem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n It also accuses some of the most powerful tech entities of employing AI to train models on artists’ work without consent, aiming to replace human-created art with AI-generated “sounds.”<\/span><\/p>\n The letter closes with a call to action, urging stakeholders in the AI and music sectors to pledge against developing or deploying AI music-generation technologies that could replace human artistry or deny fair compensation to creators.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe call on all Al developers, technology companies, platforms and digital music services to pledge that they will not develop or deploy Al music-generation technology, content or tools that undermine or replace the human artistry of songwriters and artists or deny us fair compensation for our work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n So, what exactly is this letter taking aim at?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Firstly, platforms like TikTok are rolling out AI music creation tools that save them from paying artists through labels such as Universal Music Group (UMG), which pulled its catalog from the site and accused TikTok of undermining artists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Google has also allegedly developed a yet-to-be-released text-to-audio model trained on a vast collection of music, including\u00a0tracks from major labels, without seeking permission from the copyright holders.<\/p>\n Lyor Cohen, Google and YouTube\u2019s global head of music, said, \u201cDemis [Hassabis, CEO of Google Deepmind] and his team presented a research project around genAI and music, and my head came off of my shoulders. I walked around London for two days excited about the possibilities, thinking about all the issues and recognizing that genAI in music is here \u2014 it\u2019s not around the corner.\u201d<\/p>\n Then, there are existing AI music platforms, such as Suno, which can generate incredibly high-quality audio from text prompts.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Limewire also recently released an AI music platform, complete with built-in publishing and monetization features.<\/p>\n Ed Newton-Rex, who left Stability\u2019s audio team and founded the ethical generative AI non-profit Fairly Trained<\/a>, launched a series of tests that seemingly exposed Suno for producing near copies of famous melodies and lyrics, including Eminem tracks and Queen\u2019s \u201cBohemian Rhapsody.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/dailyai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/stop-1024x710.png\")
Musicians take aim at generative AI<\/h2>\n