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Apparently, the fake Drake can’t take home the Grammys.Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. Said This week, the organization said it would consider music with limited AI-generated voices and instrumentation for the award, but would only award songs written and performed “predominantly by humans.”
“At this time, we intend to allow AI music and content submissions, but the Grammys will only go to human creators who have made creative contributions in the appropriate categories,” Mason said in an interview. Grammy Awards.com. “If we have an AI voice singing a song or an AI instrument, we will consider it. The same is true for the Grammys: only human performers are eligible for the Grammys, and if AI were to write the songs or produce the music, that would be a different consideration, but for now, the Grammys are for human creators. will be given to the
The CEO’s comments mean that the fake Drake/The Weeknd song “Heart on My Sleeve,” which went viral earlier this year and has since been removed from the streaming platform due to copyright infringement, will not be covered. ing. Another AI-generated scammer allegedly sold fake Frank Ocean songs for C$13,000 ($9,722 USD) in April, while Spotify removed tens of thousands of AI-generated songs from its library. busy with
Meanwhile, questions have been raised about artists like Holly Herndon, who used an AI version of her voice to cover Dolly Parton’s “Jolene.” (Does the fact that it’s her own voice make a difference, though the AI-generated performance suggests otherwise?) There is the following “final” Beatles song, which says it separates garbled recordings. The voice of John Lennon. And Tallinn Southern (also transparently) Collaborative production using AI Will her 2018 debut album qualify? We have reached out to the Recording Academy for clarification on these examples. We will update this article if we receive a response.
Award-winning or not, Mason has acknowledged that AI will transform the music industry. “AI will definitely and unequivocally have a hand in shaping the future of our industry,” Mason said. “So we have to plan around that and start thinking about what it means for us. AI is relevant to our industry, so there are a lot of things that need to be addressed with it.” The CEO said the Recording Academy recently invited “industry leaders, technology He added that he held a summit with entrepreneurs, streaming platforms and people from the artist community. “We discussed the subject, how the Recording Academy could help, and the role and future of AI in music.”