Streaming sites urged not to let AI use music to clone pop stars

Record label Universal urges Spotify and Apple Music to stop copycats scraping song data

The music industry is urging streaming platforms not to let artificial intelligence use copyrighted songs for training, in the latest of a run of arguments over intellectual property that threaten to derail the generative AI sector’s explosive growth.

In a letter to streamers including Spotify and Apple Music, the record label Universal Music Group expressed fears that AI labs would scrape millions of tracks to use …

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