Is the Music Business Too Afraid of Big, Bad AI?; In GenAI and Music, Will Nice Guys Finish Last?
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Is the Music Business Too Afraid of Big, Bad AI?
Like a lot of people, I was â and maybe still am â alarmed by the changes AI could bring to musical creativity. But after a conversation yesterday with a major executive in the music industry who has a formidable knowledge of its business, legalities and people, Iâm not as sure.
This person gave a fairly controversial take on generative AI: They pretty much scoffed, saying everyone is overreacting, and predicted that it will end up like ringtones â the mid-â00s trend of using a snippet of a song as the ringer on a cellphone, for those who donât (or would rather not) remember.
In GenAI and Music, Will Nice Guys Finish Last?
Generative AI music company Suno has raised $125 million, one of the biggest music-tech funding rounds in history. Founders say they want to ring in âa future where anyone can make musicâ, but questions remain over whether Suno and its rival, Udio, have trained their models on copyrighted music without licensing deals.
Talk to anyone knowledgeable about music licensing and tech startups and the expression âask for forgiveness, not permissionâ is almost certain to arise
Suno Raises $125 Million for AI Music Creation â With ChatGPT-Style Prompts
Sunoâs AI platform has the potential to give rise to a new wave of artists and creators by lowering the barrier for entry into music creation. Sunoâs rise and massive funding round comes in the middle of a heated debate over the use of AI in the music industry.
OpenAIâs New Tool Will Give Artists Control Over Their Dataâbut Itâs Unclear How
ChatGPT developer OpenAI says that artists and other content owners will be able to request that their work be excluded from use in AI development. Many details of the scheme remain unclear.
YouTube launches Dream Track, a tool to create music with AI
With Artificial Intelligence being a trendy element nowadays, YouTube has wanted to join the party, and it does so by launching a tool that allows users to create music through this technology that currently captures all the attention. Dream Track, thus, has been showcased by the Google-owned platform to reflect the changing world around Artificial Intelligence.
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