The CEO of the Recording Academy, which hosts the yearly Grammy Music Awards, has cleared up misconceptions concerning the eligibility of a man-made intelligence (AI)-generated Drake track for an award nomination.
On Sept. 8, Harvey Mason Jr. took to Instagram and launched a video clearly stating that the monitor is “not eligible for Grammy consideration” and needed to be additional clear that:
“Despite the fact 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 track will not be commercially obtainable — due to that, it’s not eligible.”
He mentioned the subject of AI is each “difficult” and “transferring actually shortly” whereas additionally commenting that he takes it “very critically” and anticipates extra evolution and modifications within the trade.
Whereas music with AI elements could be eligible for Grammy nominations, the monitor should meet particular necessities, most significantly that the half up for nomination was created by a human. For instance, for a monitor to win an award for vocal efficiency, it will need to have been carried out by a human.
Mason Jr. reiterated this aspect in his most up-to-date assertion by saying:
“Please, don’t be confused: the Academy is right here to help and advocate and shield and symbolize human artists and human creators interval.”
In a earlier interview with Cointelegraph, he additionally confused this side, saying “The position of the Academy is all the time to guard the artistic and music communities.”
Associated: Justin Bieber hit monitor turns into NFT for royalty sharing
Along with the human aspect, the opposite side confused by Mason Jr. is that with the intention to be eligible for an award, the monitor should be commercially obtainable. This contains availability on main streaming platforms, resembling Spotify and Apple Music.
Nonetheless, the monitor 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 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.
Journal: BitCulture: Fantastic artwork on Solana, AI music, podcast + e book opinions
