The Recording Academy has updated its 2024 Grammy Awards rules to include music created using AI tools.
of new rule The 66th Annual Grammy Awards, announced Tuesday, stipulate that “only human creators are eligible for consideration, nominations, or awards for the Grammys,” but will also consider AI-assisted music. It will be.
According to the new rules, “the human authorship element of the submitted work must be meaningful and more than that.” minimal,” and minimal It is defined as “lacking significance or importance.” Its human element must also be associated with the appropriate Grammy category, but a song that “does not contain human copyright” does not qualify in any category.
“At this time, we plan to allow AI music and content submissions, but the Grammy Awards will only go to human creators who have made creative contributions in the appropriate categories.” explained News post from Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr.
“If we have an AI voice singing a song or an AI instrument, we will consider it,” he continued. “But for songwriting-based categories, the song must be written primarily by a human being.
Mason Jr. went on to say that the updated rules are ‘important’ because AI will undoubtedly and unequivocally have a hand in shaping the future of our industry. The idea of being caught off guard by it and not dealing with it is unacceptable. “
He added that academies need to set “guardrails and standards” and start “adapting” to accommodate AI technology.
“I don’t know exactly what [AI] Anything that’s going to happen in the next few months or years makes me pause a little bit and have a little bit of anxiety,” he added. “But I definitely admit it becomes part of the music industry, the arts community, and society at large.
“There are a lot of things that need to be addressed regarding AI as it relates to our industry,” he added.
In April, British indie band Breather used AI to recreate Liam Gallagher’s vocals. “Lost” Oasis album, with all music and lyrics written and performed by Breezer himself. On the other hand, musicians created by Grimes An open-source program that allows AI to replicate her vocals.
Elsewhere, Paul McCartney said he recently used AI technology to extract vocals from an old John Lennon demo tape. “The Last” Beatles Song It is scheduled for later this year.both meta Recently, Google also released its own music generation tool.
“Generative models can be an unfair competition for artists,” the Meta researchers admitted when launching MusicGen.
