YouTube to offer option to flag AI-generated songs that mimic artists’ voices

Record companies will be able to request removal of content that mimics an artist’s ‘unique singing or rapping’

Record companies can request the removal of songs that use artificial intelligence-generated versions of artists’ voices under new guidelines issued by YouTube.

The video platform is introducing a tool that will allow music labels and distributors to flag content that mimics an artist’s “unique singing or rapping voice”.

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