Apr 25, 2023 12:00:00

A popular singer announces that ``It is OK to make songs from your own voice with AI and there is no penalty''

Generative AI, which continues to make remarkable progress, is also entering the field of music one after another, and in April 2023, when the song of rapper Drake generated by AI became

a big hit on SNS, Drake himself was concerned about it. There are also incidents that demonstrate As the music industry's conflict with AI deepens, Canadian musician Grimes , who famously gave birth to a child with Elon Musk, said, You are allowed to use your voice without penalty and create music freely.'

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Grimes tweeted on April 24, 2023, ``If the AI-generated song using my voice is successful, I will distribute 50% of the royalties.This is the same condition as collaborating with other artists. Feel free to use my voice without penalty, I have no label and am not legally binding.'

I'll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with. Feel free to use my voice without penalty. I have no label and no legal bindings . twitter.com/KIY60B5uqt

— ???????????????????????? (@Grimezsz) April 24, 2023

However, Grimes adds that if it contains extremely harmful lyrics, such as evoking Nazi glorification or violence against babies, it may use copyright to remove them.

Ok hate this part but we may do copyright takedowns ONLY for rly rly toxic lyrics w grimes voice: imo you'd rly have to push it for me to wanna take smthn down but I guess plz don't be *the worst*. in, try not to exit the current Overton window of lyrical content w regards to…

— ???????????????????????? (@Grimezsz) April 24, 2023

Grimes is positive about AI, in contrast to former partner Elon Musk, who saw AI as dangerous and signed a letter appealing to stop development. In a follow-up tweet, Grimes said, ``I think it's cool to merge with machines, and I also like the idea of open sourcing all art and killing copyright.''

I think it's cool to be fused wa machine and I like the idea of open sourcing all art and killing copyright

— ???????????????????????? (@Grimezsz) April 24, 2023

Grimes has long been active in incorporating new technologies other than AI into his art. In 2020, an NFT art work using his own music was put up for auction and was bid for $ 388,938 (about 41 million yen at the rate at that time).

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Grimes responded to a tweet calling attention to the fact that ``unpleasant songs remain on the internet even if they are deleted'', ``I expect some kind of chaos.'Grimes' is an art project and music. It's not a project, the end goal is always to push the boundaries rather than making a nice song, the point is to punch a hole in the simulation and see what happens, if it's for us Even if it's a bad result,' he said, showing that he welcomes unpredictable results.

We expect a certain amount of chaos. grimes is an art project, not a music project. The ultimate goal has always been to push boundaries rather than have a nice song. The point is to poke holes in the simulation and see what happens even if it's a bad outcome for us https://t.co/RSAW4xQCAi

— ???????????????????????? (@Grimezsz) April 24, 2023