The new feature will allow users to edit and manipulate any audio sample using text-based AI prompts.
The new contract also includes AI protections and a bonus for musicians working on "the most successful streaming shows."
In an open letter by the Artist Rights Alliance, the artists, songwriters and producers called irresponsible AI training an “assault on human creativity” that “must be stopped.”
The "Co-Manager" tool will "educate artists on the business and marketing of music," Suzy Ryoo says
If we support the exploitation of people’s work for training without permission, we implicitly support the unfair destruction of the creative industries.
The law will replace the state's statutory right of publicity law with regulations against AI deep fakes and give local artists protection over their voices for the first time.
Legislators first proposed regulating AI in 2021, although it was ChatGPT and the “Heart on My Sleeve” controversy that made many execs pay closer attention to the tech’s potential impact.
"What I see is a great deal of anxiety and stress levels, and I don’t know how we fix it," says one radio executive.
The NMPA president and CEO talked TikTok, The MLC, AI and more at his AIMP Grammy week speech.
"Our voices and likenesses are... not mere digital kibble for a machine to duplicate without consent," Lainey Wilson told members of Congress