AI-generated music is going viral. Should the music industry worry?

With the presence of more than a million monthly listeners on Spotify, the narcotic rock band The Velvet Sundown wanders in thousands of dollars and has the music industry asking itself difficult questions 一 and they are not about whether the seventies are back.

The “band” was recently confirmed that it would be primarily the work of obstetric artificial intelligence 一 Something that was strongly suspected in light of a soft and brilliant image of “band members” and addresses of songs derived such as “Dust on the Wind”.

Bio’s Velvet Sundown on Spotify now explains that it is “an artificial music project guided by human creative guidance, consists, consists, and visualizes with the support of artificial intelligence.”

“This is not a trick – it is a mirror. A continuous artistic provocation aims to challenge the limits of authorship, identity and the future of music itself in the era of artificial intelligence.”

However, in CNBC conversations with many music specialists, descriptions such as “Soulless”, “Stifling” and “Creepy” appeared, as the industry wrestles with infringement of artificial intelligence.

Although artificial intelligence tools have long been combined into music programs such as logic, the latest platforms operating on behalf such as Suno and Udio have made it easier than ever creating complete songs based on anything more than a few claims and inputs.

As a result, “The Velvet Sundown” is far from the only artist resulting from artificial intelligence emerging on the Internet. there certificate Other musicians such as “Dark Country” Aventhis- with more than 600,000 monthly listeners on Spotify- are also the product of sounds and tools created from artificial intelligence.

Meanwhile, France -based music broadcast service, which was published AI discovery tool for music In January, it was revealed in April 18 % of all tracks Now it is loaded to its platform that is fully created by artificial intelligence.

The quality and originality of its artificial intelligence music Often it was criticizedBut experts say that when artificial intelligence becomes more sophisticated, it has become difficult and difficult for the normal listener to distinguish between man and machine.

“[The Velvet Sundown]”It is much better music than most of the artificial intelligence we have heard in the past,” Jason Balaara, Assistant Professor of Music Technology at Heron School of Art and Design, told CNBC.

“Early versions can be used to make attractive and repeated hooks … but we have reached the point where artificial intelligence places songs that are actually logical in terms of structurally, with verses, signs and bridges.”

He said that the velvet sunset is likely to be just a “tip of the iceberg” when it will happen. Suno and Udio – the current “gold standard” of Genai platforms – comes with some barriers that prevent anyone from entering, allowing anyone to create hundreds of artificial intelligence paths in one session.

Both artificial intelligence platforms provide free access, as well as outstanding subscriptions at about $ 30 or less per month.

But while Amnesty International’s song can be created for free, this does not mean that it cannot achieve revenues. Sundown velvet achieved about $ 34,235 over a period of 30 days across all audio flow platforms, according to a royal calculator estimated at Cartmasters.

For this reason, it is easy to see why artificial intelligence creators might like to flood the platforms flowing with the largest possible music created, hoping to become viral.

Main record posters such as Sony musicand Global Music CollectionAnd Warner records Claims against Suno and Udio were filed, accusing them of violating the collective copyright. During, Thousands of musicians and creativity He called for a ban on the use of human art to train artificial intelligence without permission.

However, Moulin said artificial intelligence on music here to remain. “I don’t think we can return the watch back,” he said, noting that music and business models are ever changed.

In fact, music works are not alien to major technological transformations-events such as the introduction of NAPSter in 1999 and the spread of music broadcast platforms in the 2000s that shook the industry, forcing the main modifications.

However, the idea of competition with artificial intelligence bands caused anxiety for emerging musicians such as Tele Louise, an alternative UK -based Bob artist who said it is already difficult to gain young artists and generate income from music online.

Despite the accumulation of millions of flows on Spotify, Luiz, 25, said that she has not fulfilled enough money from broadcasting platforms to live in, and is currently working full -time job.

“As for the band, which is not yet, to get all this traction on social media, it is very exciting,” she added.

Music professors said that to prepare young artists for the changing musical environment, they are increasingly working in Amnesty International in their lessons plans, with the aim of teaching students how to use technology to enhance their creative process and produce music, rather than replace it.

Some producers have bent in this direction. Last month, the Grammy Timbaland artist and producer launched an entertainment project that focuses on artificial intelligence, called Stage Zero, which will contain a pop star created from artificial intelligence.

“Other producers will start doing this … and will create a completely different model for the music that we cannot predict yet,” said Balara. He added, however, he believed the trend will make earning money as an artist online more difficult.

It is also expected that the trend will continue to receive a violent reaction not only to its impact on artists, but also what it might mean to music consumers.

“[M]Anthony Vantano, a prominent critic of the media and algorithms, said that the USic fans should worry because the spread of artificial intelligence music and content fill our social media extracts, which makes it difficult for us to communicate with each other. ”

“AI Art does not provide anything that humans cannot really do better,” he said, adding that it is a way for “greedy capitalists” to cut actual artists.

Regardless of the call to better protection of copyright for artists when it comes to training artificial intelligence, music groups ask That AI created Music is classified as this way. Spotify did not respond to CNBC inquiries regarding the policies of detecting artificial intelligence and connecting signs.

In a statement by CNBC, Tino Gagliardi, President of the American Music Federation in the United States and Canada, creators, urged those in the technology industry, legislators, and music fans to stand together to support human creativity and authorship.

“Approval, credit and compensation are pre -conditions in developing artificial intelligence. And transparency, including in broadcasting and other markets, is the basis for protecting musicians’ livelihoods. Anything less than that is theft. “