Brenda Lee with Christmas lights in front of her. Artificial intelligence is rightly viewed as a potential threat to music. Models are being trained (illegally, in most cases) on copyrighted music created by flesh-and-blood humans without permission or compensation. AI compositions are being passed off as real human composers on streaming music platforms, taking away streams and income from proper artists. Beyond all the legal issues record labels have against companies producing AI music, they’re also very interested in its cost-saving, career-extending and money-making potential. Last year, Universal Music released a new Spanish version of Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee , a 1958 hit recorded when she was just 13. Lee is 80 now, so it wasn’t like they could get her back into the studio. […]
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