Warner acts such as Coldplay can choose to opt in to their music being used by Suno to create AI music. Warner acts such as Coldplay can choose to opt in to their music being used by Suno to create AI music. Warner, the world's third-largest music company and home to acts including Coldplay, Charli XCX and Ed Sheeran, is the first of the major record labels to partner officially with the company. As part of their agreement, users will be allowed to create AI-generated songs on Suno via simple text prompts using the voices, names and likenesses of the Warner acts who choose to opt in to the service. Robert Kyncl, the chief executive of Warner Music Group, said the deal showed that artificial intelligence could be "pro-artist" when it is licensed to "reflect the value of music".

How can you tell if your new favourite artist is a real person? There's a new song doing the rounds, and in the immortal words of Kylie Minogue, you just can't get it out of your head. But what if it was created by a robot, or the artist themself is a product of artificial intelligence (AI)? Do streaming sites have an obligation to label music as AI-generated? And does it even matter, if you like what you hear?

Walk My Walk, Livin' on Borrowed Time and We Say No, No, No to an Asylum Center topped Spotify's charts this week. Walk My Walk, Livin' on Borrowed Time and We Say No, No, No to an Asylum Center topped Spotify's charts this week. Three songs generated by artificial intelligence topped music charts this week, reaching the highest spots on Spotify and Billboard charts. Walk My Walk and Livin' on Borrowed Time by the outfit Breaking Rust topped Spotify's "Viral 50" songs in the US, which documents the "most viral tracks right now" on a daily basis, according to the streaming service. A Dutch song, We Say No, No, No to an Asylum Center, an anti-migrant anthem by JW "Broken Veteran" that protests against the creation of new asylum centers, took the top position in Spotify's global version of the viral chart around the same time.

Psychedelic rock band The Velvet Sundown has over a million monthly listeners on Spotify and earns thousands of dollars every month. However, the catch is that it's not a traditional band at all. It's mostly made by artificial intelligence. Their Spotify bio confirms that the group is a synthetic music project, guided by human creative direction but composed, voiced, and visualized using AI. This is a sign of where music may be headed.

AI expert Marva Bailer explains how, even though there are currently laws in place, the average person has more access than ever to create deepfakes of celebrities. As artificial intelligence continues to gain popularity with individuals and companies, more stars are speaking out about its use. In an interview with The Associated Press, Cher expressed her fears about the technology after she heard someone use her voice to cover a song by Madonna. "Someone did me doing a Madonna song, and it was kind of shocking," she said. "They didn't have it down perfectly. But also, I've spent my entire life trying to be myself, and now these a--holes are going to go take it? And they'll do my acting, and they'll do my singing? WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)? Cher said artificial intelligence is "out of control." She continued, "I'm telling you, if you work forever to become somebody -- and I'm not talking about somebody in the famous, money part -- but an artist, and then someone just takes it from you, it seems like it should be illegal." Marva Bailer, an AI expert, told Fox News Digital that stars do have legal recourse when it comes to unauthorized use of their likeness or voice. "The laws that exist in place are already – you need permission to use someone's likeness, and a likeness could be their song, their voice, their image or performance.

Streaming may have killed off MP3s in the same way the iPod put paid to CDs and cassettes ended the dominance of vinyls. Each time the music industry has adapted and evolved. But what do record labels have up their sleeves to ward off the threat of artificial intelligence (AI)? Well, after the emergence of a string of'deepfake' songs where the likes of Johnny Cash, Frank Sinatra and Drake have had their voices convincingly mimicked, the world's largest record label is taking action. Universal Music is now in talks with Google to license artists' voices and melodies so they can be used for songs generated by AI.

Google and Universal Music are negotiating a deal on how to license the voices and melodies of artists for artificial intelligence-generated songs. The artists would have a choice to opt in to the process. According to the Financial Times, the talks are at an early stage and there are no plans for an immediate product launch. The talks come after a popular and recent trend of fans using AI programs to make deepfake music that imitates artists' voices and cadence so it appears they are singing other people's songs or even new material. On TikTok, there are several viral videos of convincingly mimicked AI-made tracks of artists, usually without the consent of the artists' voices the creators are making.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has proved a controversial matter in the music industry – resulting in legal tussles, job losses and a decline in musical quality. However, British pop icons the Pet Shop Boys argue that the technology can be used in a positive way in the creative process. The group's singer, Neil Tennant, said AI could'fill in the blanks' if a song has been left unfinished, such as when the composer is suffering from writer's block. Tennant and his bandmate Chris Lowe said they are looking at new technology as they prepare their'Dreamworld' greatest hits tour in Europe this summer. 'There's a song that we wrote a chorus for in 2003 and we never finished because I couldn't think of anything for the verses,' Tennant told the Radio Times.

Spotify has reportedly pulled tens of thousands of tracks from generative AI company Boomy. It's said to have removed seven percent of the songs created by the startup's systems, which underscores the swift proliferation of AI-generated content on music streaming platforms. Universal Music reportedly told Spotify and other major services that it detected suspicious streaming activity on Boomy's songs. In other words, there were suspicions that bots were being used to boost listener figures and generate ill-gotten revenue for uploaders. Spotify pays royalties to artists and rights holders on a per-listen basis.

The pop singer invites creators to generate new music using software trained on her voice.