Non-profit organization Artist Rights Alliance has issued an open letter focused on the rise of AI in music, signed by over 200 prominent names in the music industry.
Those names include superstars such as Billie Eilish, Katy Perry, Pearl Jam, Jason Isbell, Greta Van Fleet, Nicki Minaj, Elvis Costello, Jon Batiste, Stevie Wonder, and more. Under the call to “stop devaluing music,” the letter states, “Some of the biggest and most powerful companies are, without permission, using our work to train AI models. These efforts are directly aimed at replacing the work of human artists with massive quantities of AI-created ‘sounds’ and ‘images’ that substantially dilute the royalty pools that are paid out to artists.”
Beyond potential royalty and revenue losses, the letter goes on to call out the “assault on human creativity” posed by AI. “Unchecked, AI will set in motion a race to the bottom that will degrade the value of our work,” the document reads.
The request closes with a note to AI companies, urging “developers, technology companies, platforms, and digital music services to pledge that they will not develop or deploy AI music-generation technology, content, or tools that undermine or replace human artistry.”
Last year, an AI-generated track designed to mimic the voices of Drake and The Weeknd was ruled ineligible for a Grammy. Also in 2023, the Recording Academy instituted new guidelines to reflect on the evolution of AI. “The Academy is here to support and advocate and protect and represent human artists, and human creators — period,” said Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr.
The full note from Artist Rights Alliance can be found here.
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Article Image: Photos of Billie Eilish, Katy Perry, and Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder. (imagepressagency, Jean_Nelson and rokas91 via DepositPhotos.)
