The CEO of the Recording Academy that hosts the yearly Grammy Music Awards has cleared up misconceptions concerning the eligibility of a synthetic intelligence (AI)-generated Drake tune for award nomination.
On Sept. 8 Harvey Mason Jr. took to Instagram and launched a video clearly stating that the observe is “not eligible for Grammy consideration” and needed to be additional clear that:
“Regardless that it was written by a human creator, the vocals weren’t legally obtained, the vocals weren’t cleared by the label or the artist and the tune shouldn’t be commercially out there – due to that it’s not eligible.”
He mentioned the subject of AI is each “sophisticated” and “shifting actually shortly,” whereas additionally commenting that he takes it “very significantly” and anticipates extra evolution and adjustments within the business.
Whereas music with AI parts might be eligible for Grammy award nomination, the observe should meet particular necessities. Most significantly, that the half up for nomination was created by a human. For instance, for a observe to win an award for the vocal efficiency, it should have been carried out by a human.
Mason Jr. reiterated this component in his most up-to-date assertion by saying:
“Please, don’t be confused: the Academy is right here to assist and advocate and shield and signify human artists and human creators interval.”
In a earlier interview with Cointelegraph, he additionally burdened this side saying: “The position of the Academy is all the time to guard the inventive and music communities.”
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Along with the human component, the opposite side burdened by Mason Jr. is that so as to be eligible for an award the observe have to be commercially out there. This contains availability on main streaming platforms reminiscent of Spotify and Apple Music.
Nevertheless, the observe in query was faraway from platforms because of its copyright violations and lack of approval from the artist and label.
Labels have been advocating for platforms to be vigilant in eradicating content material that infringes on the mental property of artists. Again in April, Common Music Group (UMG) requested streaming companies together with Spotify to take away AI-generated content material.
Most just lately, UMG and Google introduced a collaboration to fight AI deep fakes. The 2 are in negotiations for licensing melodies and vocal tracks to be used in AI-generated music.
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