An open letter signed by music’s greatest names asks business leaders to divest from AI applied sciences that characterize an “assault on human creativity [that] have to be stopped.”

Issued by the Artist Rights Alliance (ARA), a non-profit advocacy group, the letter garnered signatures from a slate of musicians and songwriters of all ages, together with Billie Eilish, J Balvin, Think about Dragons, Stevie Surprise, Nicki Minaj, Pearl Jam, Katy Perry, The Jonas Brothers, Jon Bon Jovi, Julia Michaels, Ryan Tedder, and the estates of Bob Marley and Frank Sinatra.

In it, signatories acknowledged that accountable AI can “advance human creativity,” and known as out entities that had been as an alternative “using AI to sabotage creativity and undermine artists, songwriters, musicians and rightsholders.”

The letter particularly denounced firms utilizing present music to coach their AI fashions, with out the consent of the artist. These fashions can then be used to generate content material that “dilute[s] the royalty swimming pools which might be paid out to artists” and due to this fact threatens the livelihoods of musicians. “For a lot of working musicians, artists and songwriters who’re simply attempting to make ends meet, this may be catastrophic,” the letter says. “We should shield towards the predatory use of AI to steal skilled artists’ voices and likenesses, violate creators’ rights, and destroy the music ecosystem.”

The talk over the usage of synthetic intelligence to create music is ongoing, however was dropped at public consideration in October 2023, when an artist named Ghostwriter used AI voice filters to mimic the voices of Drake and The Weeknd. The end result was so convincing, many listeners assumed it was the true factor, and the tune was streamed tens of millions of occasions on YouTube and TikTok.

New laws together with Tennessee’s Guaranteeing Likeness Voice and Picture Safety (ELVIS) Act, launched in January, search to supply protections for artists towards the encroachment of AI.

Given this stress, one explicit signatory is of notice: HYBE, a conglomerate that’s residence to Huge Machine Label Group, QC Music, and an AI audio know-how firm known as Supertone. Supertone “generate[s] ultra-realistic voices able to singing and performing” and was first used as a part of the MIDNATT venture to allow Korean singer Lee Hyun to launch music in six languages utilizing his personal voice. By aligning itself with the calls for outlined on this letter, HYBE appears to be positioning itself — and Supertone — as one of many “good guys” within the battle for the accountable use of AI in music.