Amazon And Universal Music Group (UMG) Announced the expansion of their partnership on Monday. Among other topics, the two entities highlighted that the collaboration will focus on the advancement of artist-classic Principles Including Frauding Protocation. While bot the companies had a collaborative agreement in place, the new partnership expenses its scope and includes product innovation, expert content rights with umg artists, AS WLLS ASH Policy to address the issue of unlawful artificial intelligence (ai) content in the music industry.
Amazon and Umg to Tackle Ai Issues in Music Industry
In a Press releaseUmg Announced an expanded collaboration with amazon that addresses several issues in the music industry, including ai-generated content which which Mimics and Likens of an artist. In a joint statement, the companies highlighted a “Shared Commitment” to Advance and Safeguard Human Artistry.
“Umg and Amazon will also also work collaboratively to address, Among Other Things, Unlawful Ai-Genemed Content, as well as projecting aganst fraud and misattribution,” The statement added.
Deepfakes or AI-Generated Music That ResEMBLE The Voice and Mannerisms of Artists is a Growing Problem in the Music Industry. Last year, an AI-Generated Song Called Heart on My Sleeve Featuring The Voices of Drake and the Weeknd was released on Spotify, Apple Music, And Other Music Staming Platforms. The song Quickly Rose Through the Charts as Listeners and Platform Believed It to Be an Authentic Song. However, it was removed from the platforms after it was knowledge to be created using ai.
This is one of many such examples where bad actors have used ai tools to generate music in the likeness of popular artists to generate revenue. Since AI-Generated Music is a legal green area, Authorities have not been alle to take strong measures to protect artists so far.
In the announsement, umg and amazon acknowledged the disruption of ai-generated content and have stated the desire to collaborate to develop innovative products to identity and flag synthetic content on Amazon Platform.
Notably, Earlier this year, meta signed A similar expansion of agrement to address unauthorized ai-generated content to protect human artists and songs. The announsement, however, did not reveal further details on the steps the companys plans to take to minimise the risk of music Deepfakes.