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Spotify will not ban AI-made music

Spotify - Level 0

A.I. sites are less than a year old, but they have got people asking questions. One question is if music made by A.I. is real music. Spotify answered this question. It said A.I. is OK for making most music. Spotify has no plans to ban music created with A.I. It did not like software that copies the voice of a singer.

Spotify said copying is a problem. It deleted a song that copied the voices of the singers Drake, and The Weeknd. Spotify said copying is a problem because anyone can upload a song and say they are Madonna. It is difficult to know if a song is sung by a bot or a human. The future of music will be "tricky".

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Sites like ChatGPT are less than a year old, but they have got people asking questions. One question is whether music produced by AI is real music. The boss of the streaming site Spotify has answered this question. He said a lot of AI is OK for making music. He said Spotify has no plans to ban music created with AI. This includes auto-tune software that helps singers correct their pitch. The boss did not like software that copies the voice of a singer.

The boss said AI in music will be debated for "many years". He said the biggest problem is copying singers. Spotify deleted a song created by an AI platform that copied the voices of the singers Drake, and The Weeknd. The boss said copying singers' voices is a problem because anyone can upload a song "claiming to be Madonna". It will be difficult to know if a song is "sung" by a bot or a human. The boss said the future of music will be "tricky".

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Artificial intelligence websites like ChatGPT are less than a year old, but they have got people asking many questions. One question is whether music produced by AI is real music. Daniel Ek, the boss of the streaming site Spotify, has answered this question. He said many uses of AI for making music are OK. He told the BBC that Spotify has no plans to ban music created with AI. This includes the auto-tune software that helps singers correct their pitch and add vocal effects. Mr Ek said auto-tunes improves music. Mr Ek did not like software for mimicking (copying) the voice of an artist.

Daniel Ek said AI in music will be debated for "many years". He said the biggest problem is copying the voice of other singers. Spotify deleted one song created by an AI platform. Software copied the voices of the singers Drake, and The Weeknd. Neither Drake nor The Weeknd knew about the song. Mr Ek highlighted how serious the problem of copying singers' voices is. He said: "You can imagine someone uploading a song claiming to be Madonna." He said it will be difficult to know if a song is "sung" by a bot or a human. He said the future of music is going to be "tricky".

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Artificial intelligence websites such as ChatGPT and Google's Bard are less than a year old, but they have been asking many questions. One question is whether music and art produced by AI is real music and art. Daniel Ek, the boss of the music streaming site Spotify, has answered this question. He said there are many uses of AI for making music that are OK. He told the BBC that Spotify has no plans to ban all music created by artificial intelligence. This includes the auto-tune software that helps singers correct their pitch and can add vocal effects to a singer's voice. Mr Ek said auto-tunes improves music. One use of AI Mr Ek did not like was software for mimicking (copying) the voice of an artist.

Daniel Ek said using AI in music will be debated for "many, many years". He said the biggest problem is when AI copies the voice of other singers. Spotify deleted one song created by the AI platform Ghostwriter. The software copied the voices of the singers Drake, and The Weeknd. The song was even submitted for a Grammy music award, but it was rejected. Neither Drake nor The Weeknd knew about the song. Mr Ek highlighted how serious the problem of cloning singers' voices is. He said: "You can imagine someone uploading a song, claiming to be Madonna, even if they're not." He said it will be difficult to tell if a song is "sung" by a bot or a human. He added that the future of music production is going to be "tricky".

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