The New York Times: An A.I. Hit of Fake ‘Drake’ and ‘The Weeknd’ Rattles the Music World

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Martin Clancy was quoted by the New York Times explaining how the music industry has done better with the rise of AI than other industries

Courts and lawmakers are only beginning to sort out questions of ownership when it comes to A.I., and copyrights in music can be complicated as it is. For now, protected intellectual property can only be created by humans, but what about when musicians collaborate with the machines?
Martin Clancy, a musician and the chair of a global committee that seeks to explore the ethics of A.I. in the arts, said the music industry was more organized than some other fields grappling with the rise of A.I.
“What’s at stake are things we take for granted: listening to music made by humans, people doing that as a livelihood and it being recognized as a special skill,” he said.

– Joe Coscarelli, New York Times