- AI is casting a bad shadow on Hollywood
- Many artists are speaking out against it
- An open letter has been signed
The Artists Rights Alliance and approximately 200 musicians such as Billie Eilish, Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj released the open letter, according to 'The Hollywood Reporter.' The letter calls on developers of digital music to "cease the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to infringe upon and devalue the rights of human artists."
These artists are worried
The campaign draws attention to how AI developers use musical works without permission to create AI "copycats." "Working musicians are already struggling to make ends meet in the streaming world, and now they have the added burden of trying to compete with a deluge of AI-generated noise," Jen Jacobsen, executive director of the ARA, said in a statement.
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"The unethical use of generative AI to replace human artists will devalue the entire music ecosystem — for artists and fans alike," Jacobsen said. And he is not alone...
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