As popularity with the internet increased and technology made it easier to create, artists and wanna be musicians found it very easy to “write” and “record” their own songs and post them online.
Now, AI – artificial intelligence – has entered the picture.
The Recording Academy has already announced that NO piece of music or album that contains more than a small amount of AI generated music will be considered for a Grammy nomination.
Sony Music Entertainment, Warner, and Universal Music Group record companies are now making deals with startups over AI generated music Music Group.
AI companies Udio, Stability AI, and Klay Vision have all signed deals with the record companies.
While few details are available, Klay Vision notes their deal will, “further evolve music experiences for fans, leveraging the potential of AI, while fully respecting the rights of artists, songwriters, and rightsholders”.
Klay is looking for, “a licensing framework for an AI-driven music experience and has built a large music model trained only on licensed music.”
Streaming services like Spotify have been inundated with AI generated music. Users can instantly create “music” by typing in prompts and the AI generator will spit out a new “song” that gets uploaded to the various streaming services.
Last year Warner, Universal, and Sony sued AI song generators Udio and Suno for “exploiting the recorded works of artists without compensation”.
Reportedly Warner has resolved their suit with Udio that will include the creation of a licensed AI music service.
Universal has also made an agreement with Udio that included preventing users from uploading their “songs”.
Udio has announced that they are working on a new service set to launch next year in which artists and songwriters choose whether or not they want their music uploaded; for which they will be compensated. Until then, Udio will remain a “closed service”.