July 6th 2023.
The Recording Academy has recently announced their stance on the technological developments in the music industry, particularly Artificial Intelligence. To further clarify how the change will affect the winners of the Grammy Awards, Recording Academy CEO and President Harvey Mason Jr. spoke to The Associated Press.
In their notification, the Recording Academy stated that “only human creators” would be given the industry’s highest honour. However, Mason clarified that “AI or music that contains AI-created elements is absolutely eligible for entry and for consideration for Grammy nomination. Period.”
Songs that use AI can be eligible in songwriting categories, but not in performance categories. Mason added that “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.”
The Recording Academy has done extensive research on AI since it has become a topic of conversation within the industry. Many music, television and film artists have been vocal against AI, believing it breaches people’s intellectual property. On this, Mason said that he has had conversations with the right entities to make the proper decisions.
“I’ve met with the copyright office. We’ve talked about the future and what that looks like on a federal level and the legislative level,” Mason said. He also noted that the conversations surrounding Artificial Intelligence “really came to a head in the last six months.”
He added that he anticipates songs incorporating the technology and even competing for a Grammy nomination. AI is an exciting development and the Recording Academy is doing their best to make sure that the decisions they make are informed and fair.
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