Is the music industry really ready for the flood of music created by artificial intelligence in 2024?
You may have heard of it in things like Bumi – Where 19.5 million Songs generated so far.
This year’s “big noise” in artificial intelligence music comes from two new startups: sun and shareboth seem to produce distinctly musical, ahem, Influence From world-renowned copyrighted material.
you may remember share: This is a company based in the United States and co-founded by former Google employees deep thinking Artificial Intelligence Department.
Last month, Udio announced it was raising funds US$10 million in by Andreessen Horowitz…The tech investment giant argued that generative artificial intelligence models should be allowed to freely ingest copyrighted music under U.S. law.
(in words Andreessen Horowitz A submission to the U.S. Copyright Office last year stated: “Imposing the cost of actual or potential copyright liability on creators of artificial intelligence models would kill or seriously hinder their development.”)
sharewhose other investors include William and United Mastersis attracting widespread attention: it is reported that more than 600000 People tested the platform within two weeks of its public release.
But that’s not the standout statistic these days Bloomberg Articles covering growth share and sun. This is: On average, Udio users are now creating ten tracks per second on the platform.
We’re sure you can do the math there, but just in case you don’t have a calculator handy: This amounts to 864,000 Track the day or the day just ended Six million Follow for a week.
Although the service is still in beta, share Users are allowed to make up 1,200 Free songs every month.Songs produced on the platform can be reached 15 minutes length.
Such incredible numbers inevitably raise some major questions, including but not limited to:
- (I) How many of these are there? 864,000 tracks are played on Udio every day And ultimately into music streaming services – what does their entry into said platforms mean for the “royalty pool” distributed between artists and rights holders?
- (two) How many of these are there? 864,000 daily tracks A striking resemblance to music created by a well-known artist? (Reminder: When AI expert Ed Newton-Rex used Udio to compose tracks, the music he generated bore clear similarities to classic hits from the likes of ABBA, The Beatles, and Elton John);
- (three) How many of these are there? 864,000 daily tracks And then continue to compete for listeners’ attention with the original tracks they made an impact on?
What is the more important question for the music industry?
- will there be one Industry standard technology Ability to successfully “fingerprint” copyrights into artificial intelligence models – as is being produced Udio’s 864,000 daily tracks?
- Through this fingerprint recognition technology, the creator will say Original copyright able to agree to obtain permission— and obtain royalties through the following methods – Services, e.g. share?
The issue may ultimately be decided by the courts.
universal music groupThe largest music rights holder is currently embroiled in a legal battle over an Amazon-backed generative artificial intelligence platform Anthropic selectionUMG accuses Anthropic selection Intentionally infringes the copyright of the music company representative’s lyrics.
This flavor of litigation isn’t unique to the music industry: Over the past year, Open artificial intelligence – the creator of ChatGPT – is being sued by a series of creators from various fields for allegedly stuffing their content master of Law (Large Language Model) Use of copyrighted material without permission.
those who sue Chat GPT Those who have used these grounds, which are involved in multiple U.S. lawsuits, include novelists John Grisham and Michael Connelly, comedian Sarah Silverman, author Ta-Nehisi Coates and New York Times.
at the same time, Stable artificial intelligence is being prosecuted Getty Images In the UK and US. Getty think stability stable diffusion Already received training Over 12 million Getty-controlled photos Without permission “act as [Stability’s] Work hard to build a competitive business.
Some or all of these lawsuits could have ramifications: Just last month, France’s competition regulator announced a fine against Google 250 million eurosafter it was discovered that Google’s artificial intelligence chatbot Bad, now renamed Gemini, had been trained on news publishers’ materials without their consent.
However, there is evidence that the music industry will take a more collaborative approach with industry partners on AI models that can generate new tracks… powered by older tracks.
Example: At the same time it is suing Anthropic, universal music group We are cooperating with the following organizations Youtube Developing experimental generative artificial intelligence music tools.
These tools include “Dream Track” Through this feature, YouTube Shorts creators in the United States can create “soundtracks” with artificial intelligence-generated sounds and musical styles. These artists include Alec Benjamin, Charlie Puth, Charli XCX, Demi Lovato, John Legend, Sia, T-Pain , Troye Sivan and Pappus.
at the same time, Age Announced last week with Tik Tok The music company said this alleviated concerns about the use of artificial intelligence-generated content on the platform.
In a letter to employees obtained by MBW after the deal was announced, UMG’s chairman/CEO said: Sir Lucian Grange He said that TikTok made detailed commitments to UMG regarding the impact of music produced by artificial intelligence on the platform’s “royalty pool.”
Grange said: “Tik Tok The main concern we expressed in our open letter has now been addressed, namely that AI-generated content will “significantly dilute the royalty pool for human artists,” Grainge wrote.
“In addition, they have made a series of commitments to artificial intelligence that reflect respect for the work and ‘right of publicity’ of our artists and songwriters, as well as support for UMG’s principles regarding artificial intelligence, including the non-consensual training principle. .global music business
