AI generated music has been a popular topic on social media, with some of the AI-generated songs amassing millions of views on different platforms. Jered Chavez, a college student from Florida, recently revealed how simple it is to make the songs created through AI sound authentic. Chavez told The Verge he was in “surprise how easy it was”, describing it as “kind of scary” to create content through the platform.
Chavez has been creating a lot of content, including one song featuring Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Ye-formally known as Kanye West-singing the semi-famous anime theme song “Fukashigi no Carte”. The video has over 13 million views on TikTok.
However, the technology has not gone without criticism. Drake also expressed his grievances over the AI technology, while Universal Music Group urged streaming sites to stop allowing AI companies to use copyrighted songs from Universal’s catalog. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek was questioned regarding the technology during the company’s first quarter earnings call and he stated they could understand the criticism, while noting the “important topics and issues”.
Person mentioned: Jered Chavez is a college student from Florida who created AI-generated music that has gone viral on several platforms, including TikTok. He recently discussed with The Verge about how surprisingly easy it is for these songs created through AI to sound real, and it is both “scary” and “surprising” to the student.
Company Mentioned: Universal Music Group is one of the world’s leading music recording and publishing companies. To ensure the safety of their copyrighted music, most recently, UMG sent emails to streaming sites requesting that AI companies stop using UMG’s copyrighted songs.
