Artist Rights Alliance (ARA), a non-profit organization run by artists to defend their rights, was in charge of sharing the letter with the support of well-known names in the industry to warn about the use of musical works without permission by AI companies.
"We call on all digital music platforms and music-based services to commit to not developing or deploying AI music generation technology, content or tools that undermine or substitute the human artistry of composers and artists or deny us a fair compensation for our work," the artists demand in the letter.
In this sense, the writing highlights two trends in which songs are used illicitly: to train and produce AI "imitators" and to dilute royalty obligations using the sound of these algorithms.
Music creators also talk about threats such as voice cloning, since the arrival of AI allows a vocal sample to be used to transform songs into others that sound like a human artist without being one.
"The unethical use of generative AI to replace human artists will devalue the entire music ecosystem, for both artists and fans," ARA CEO Jen Jacobsen said in a statement.
Sam Smith, HYBE, Jon Bon Jovi, Norah Jones, Pearl Jam, REM, Chuck D and Kate Hudson are other signatories of the letter.
Already in October 2023, three major music publishers - Universal Music Publishing Group, Concord Music Group and ABKCO - sued the AI company Anthropic, alleging that it infringed the copyright of the song lyrics, as detailed by The Hollywood Reporter. .
Also in the cultural sector, Hollywood actors began a strike in July 2023 - which lasted for more than 100 days - to, among other reasons, achieve regulation in the use of AI, considering it an "existential threat."
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