Last month, the Recording Academy announced a series of changes to the Grammy Awards to better reflect an evolving music industry.
Of those newly instituted guidelines, protocols involving technological advancements in machine learning sparked headlines: 91裸聊视频淥nly human creators91裸聊视频� could win the music industry91裸聊视频檚 highest honor in a decision aimed at the use of artificial intelligence in popular music.
91裸聊视频淎 work that contains no human authorship is not eligible in any category,91裸聊视频� the rules read in part.
As the music industry continues to come to terms with this new technology, so too will the Grammys, says Recording Academy CEO and President Harvey Mason jr.
91裸聊视频淗ere91裸聊视频檚 the super easy, headline statement: AI, or music that contains AI-created elements is absolutely eligible for entry and for consideration for Grammy nomination. Period,91裸聊视频� Mason told The Associated Press. 91裸聊视频淲hat91裸聊视频檚 not going to happen is we are not going to give a Grammy or Grammy nomination to the AI portion.91裸聊视频�
If an AI or voice modeling program performs the lead vocal on a song, the track would be eligible in a songwriting category, for example, but not a performance category, because 91裸聊视频渨hat is performing is not human creation,91裸聊视频� he explains. 91裸聊视频淐onversely, if a song was sung by an actual human in the studio, and they did all the performing, but AI wrote the lyric or the track, the song would not be eligible in a composition or a songwriting category.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淎s long as the human is contributing in a more than de minimis amount, which to us means a meaningful way, they are and will always be considered for a nomination or a win,91裸聊视频� he continued. 91裸聊视频淲e don91裸聊视频檛 want to see technology replace human creativity. We want to make sure technology is enhancing, embellishing, or additive to human creativity. So that91裸聊视频檚 why we took this particular stand in this award cycle.91裸聊视频�
The Recording Academy has long considered setting rules related to AI following the popularity of new songs created alongside AI technology: David Guetta91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淓min-AI-em91裸聊视频�, the AI -compositions of TikTok user 鈫昰hostwriter977, Grimes91裸聊视频� voice modeling AI software.
In order to establish their AI guidelines, the Recording Academy engaged in extensive research, including holding tech summits.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e met with the copyright office. We91裸聊视频檝e talked about the future and what that looks like on a federal level and the legislative level,91裸聊视频� Mason said, adding that AI conversations 91裸聊视频渞eally came to a head in the last six months.91裸聊视频�
The new Grammy AI protocols were announced three days after Paul McCartney shared that 91裸聊视频渢he last Beatles record91裸聊视频� had been composed using artificial intelligence to extract John Lennon91裸聊视频檚 voice from an old demo. Without knowing the extent of the technology, Mason couldn91裸聊视频檛 confirm or deny whether the song would be eligible for a Grammy nomination.
91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檒l see what it turns out to be,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频淏ut I would imagine from the early descriptions that I91裸聊视频檝e heard there would be components of the creation that would be absolutely eligible.91裸聊视频�
So, can Grammy viewers expect to see work at least partially created with AI nominated for an award as early as next year?
It91裸聊视频檚 impossible to predict what is submitted. But as Mason affirms, 91裸聊视频減eople are using the technology. I91裸聊视频檓 imagining it91裸聊视频檚 going to be involved in a lot of records a lot of songs this year, so we91裸聊视频檒l see if some of them get nominated or not, but I91裸聊视频檓 sure there91裸聊视频檒l be some that will be submitted.91裸聊视频�
The 2024 Grammy Awards will return to Los Angeles91裸聊视频� Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, airing live on CBS and livestreamed on Paramount+.
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