In just the last few months, it may seem that so many areas of our lives have been infused with artificial intelligence, including music.

Now, experts in Boston are considering how AI might affect the future of what we all love, including the potential legal implications of computer-generated music.

“Artificial intelligence is about who is creating it, what it is using to create it, what is a copy and what is not a copy, and what is being generated by computers using these AI systems. It raises an interesting question about who should control ,” said Boston-based attorney and partner WilmerHale-Louis Tomplos.

These days, it’s getting harder to tell the difference between something made by AI and something made by real humans.

Tomplos is also a lecturer at Harvard University, has practiced intellectual property litigation, and has worked with high-profile figures such as Mariah Carey and Pepe the Frog. But a lawsuit over AI-generated music could appear on his desk any time soon, and he says there are still many legal questions around the matter.

Recently, The Weeknd and Drake’s new song became a hot topic on TikTok, and this topic became a hot topic. However, the two popular Canadian artists were not involved in the song at all. AI was apparently used to simulate an artist’s voice, and is believed by many to have produced surprising results.

“It’s been established for a long time that copying someone’s style isn’t copyright infringement,” says Thompros. “But what if you have to make a copy of it in order to get it into your computer?

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Thompros said the song was eventually removed from TikTok because it had a small directly copied audio portion (a producer tag), but that’s not necessarily the case with AI-generated work. Not necessarily, but it would be much harder to remove from TikTok. For simply another artist’s style, visit the site.

“There is also a second intellectual property protection on publicity rights,” Tomplos said, describing another legal framework that could apply to AI art that mimics artists. “This means celebrities cannot use their voice, likeness or image without their consent.”

“If Drake, The Weeknd, or their music producers claim an AI song as their own, endorse, or use it, the publicity rights claim is I think it could be a pretty legitimate claim.” “

As the legal community wrestles with how to handle this new situation, is the music industry at risk from the possibilities created by AI?

NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal talks to Dr. Tim Gollichanz, Drexel Professor, about how AI is rapidly generating novels, term papers, photos, and more. With the rise of AI ChatGPT, privacy concerns about students not actually learning the material even made it to Randy’s news story.

Will AI put musicians out of work? I don’t think so, in the same way drum machines didn’t really put drummers out of work, in the same way that player pianos didn’t put piano players out of work,” Berklee College of Music professor Joe Bennett said. explained.

Bennett said AI could become a tool used by music producers in the future, much like popular music-making software like Garageband. But when it comes to writing songs, he said, humans still have a considerable edge.

“We’ve had fun in the lyrics department trying to see if the AI ​​can write compelling and meaningful lyrics,” Bennett said. “Spoiler alert: We weren’t very lucky.”