Music industry is battling AI − with limited success

Industry concerned about deepfakes and unauthorised use of its content

The music industry is fighting on platforms, through the courts and with legislators in a bid to prevent the theft and misuse of art from generative AI − but it remains an uphill battle.

Sony Music said recently it has already demanded that 75,000 deepfakes − simulated images, tunes or videos that can easily be mistaken for real − be rooted out, a figure reflecting the magnitude of the issue.

The information security company Pindrop says AI-generated music has “telltale signs” and is easy to detect, yet such music seems to be everywhere.

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