The music industry is coping with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) seeping into production, with the Grammys recently stating that AI-generated music will be eligible for awards at the 2024 awards cycle.
On July 4, CEO and President of the Recording Academy, Harvey Mason Jr. explained To the Associated Press in an interview:
“Artificial intelligence or music containing elements generated by artificial intelligence is fully eligible to enter and be nominated for a Grammy. Period.”
He confirmed that the Academy would not present a Grammy Award or nomination for the AI portion of the track. For example, if an AI voice model performs lead vocals on a track, it may qualify in the songwriting category but not in the performance category and vice versa, the AP reported.
This is because “what is being done is not man-made,” Mason explained, according to the Associated Press. As long as a person contributes more, in a meaningful way, he said, it will be considered “always”. For now, the Academy says it will not award AI any awards.
We don’t want to see technology replace human creativity. We want to make sure that technology improves, embellishes or adds to human creativity.”
These clarifications come from the Academy’s CEO after the organization updated it rules and the eligibility criteria of June 28 stating, “A work which does not contain human authorship is not eligible in any category.”
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The prevalence of AI has skyrocketed since the advent of ChatGPT and its widespread use since November 2022.
Some artists, like Grimes, have publicly welcomed the use of the technology, even saying she’s willing to split 50% of the royalties with any creators who use her vocal tracks for a hit song.
On the other hand, rapper Ice Cube, who is famous for his work in the late 1980s and early 1990s, is called N.W.A. Demonic AI called He said he would sue anyone who mimics his voice on AI tracks, along with the platforms hosting the song.
According to Mason, the Grammy’s are thinking hard about how to handle the inclusion or exclusion of AI and even detained Summit with industry leaders on the future of AI in music.
He said he “images” that technology will be involved in a lot of recordings and songs this year. To this point, two days after the announcement of the new Grammy rules, Paul McCartney revealed that “the last Beatles record” was produced extracting John Lennon’s voice from Amnesty International.
Cointelegraph reached out to The Recording Academy for further comment, but did not receive an immediate response.
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