If you prefer disembodied music with zero emotional attachment to the artist, you’re in luck.
All 3 major record labels – Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music – have signed AI licensing deals with AI startup Klay.
In addition, Warner Music signed AI deals with AI music startups Udio and Stability AI.
That means most music in the very near future will be AI-generated. Record labels will no longer sue companies that flood streaming services with AI-generated music.
The reaction was mixed on social media. Some music lovers feel the battle has been lost. While others say AI-generated music is the new frontier.
One person wrote: “So basically the industry contradict themselves when they were removing the independent AI artist and producers from Spotify and other digital music service earlier this year.”
Another person wrote: “When major companies start working with AI, it’s no longer a threat: it’s the future taking hold.”
A third person wrote: “You can never replace real artists so people will always be able to feel what’s real…”
And a 4th person commented: “AI is the future. Where humans are difficult, uncooperative, refuse to learn more, execute better business etc. AI will replace them. Humans are becoming too hard to work with.”
