The music created by AI goes viral. Should the music industry worry?

With more than 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify, psychedelic rock velvet velvet came in thousands of dollars, and the music industry asks themselves tough questions, and they are not about whether 70 is returning.

Recently, the “group” was confirmed, first of all, by the work of generative artificial intelligence 一 what was strongly suspected in light of suspicious smooth and glossy image of “group members” and derivative names of songs such as “Dust on the Wind”.

Currently, the Sundown velvet biography on Spotify clarifies that it is “a synthetic music project that is guided by human creative direction, and outlined, voiced and visualized with the support of artificial intelligence.”

It adds: “This is not a trick – it is a mirror. The artistic provocation intended for the challenge of the authorship, identity and future music in the II era.”

However, in CNBC conversations with various music professionals, descriptors, such as “soulless”, “strangle” and “terribly” came up when the branch faces an attempt on the II.

While AI’s tools have long been built into music software, such as Logic, newer AI platforms, such as Suno and Udio, made more simple than ever making whole songs based on a few clips and entrances.

As a result, the “velvet” is far from the only artist that arises on the Internet. There’s evidence Other start-ups such as the Music “Dark Country” Aventhis-C more than 600,000 monthly listeners on Spotify- are also a product of voices and tools generated by AI.

Meanwhile, the music broadcast service with the France’s headquarters deployed AI -detected tool for music In January, in April, it was indicated that about that 18% of all tracks Now loading on its platform is fully generated by AI.

The quality and originality of AI music have often criticizedBut experts say that since the generative II becomes more perfect, it becomes more difficult and harder for the usual listener to distinguish a person and machine.

“(Velvet)” is much better music than most of what we have heard from AI in the past, “said CNBC Jason Palamar, an associate professor of music technology.

“Early versions can be used to create memorable, repetitive hooks … But we have reached the fact that AI laid out songs that actually make sense, with poems, choirs and bridges,” Palamar said.

He said that the velvet sunset is probably just the “tip of the iceberg” of what is happening. Suno and Udio – the current “Gold Standard” platforms Genai – come with a few entry barriers, allowing anyone to create hundreds of AI -sitting tracks.

Both AI platforms offer free access, as well as premium -based premiums about $ 30 or less per month.

But by creating a song AI, you can do for free, it does not mean that it cannot make a profit. The velvet of the velvet in 30 days on the 30-day audio platform platform amounted to about $ 34,335, according to the ChartMasters’ translation calculator.

From this, it is easy to understand why AI creators can want to flood the streaming platform as much generated music as possible, hoping to become viral.

Main records such as Sony Music. Universal Music Groupand Warner Records They started lawsuits against Suno and Udio, accusing them of massive copyright infringement. Meanwhile, Thousands of musicians and creators They called for banning the use of human art to prepare artificial intelligence without permission.

However, Molin said that the Generative II in music will remain here. “I don’t think we can return the watch back,” he said, noting that music and her business -diamonds always change.

Indeed, the music business is not alien to great technological shifts like the introduction of Napster in 1999, and the distribution of platforms that enter the 2000s.

However, the concept of competition with AI groups is anxious for beginner musicians, such as Tilly Louise, an alternative pop artist who is based in the UK, who said it is already difficult enough for small performers to get cravings and make profit from online music.

Despite the accumulation of millions of streams on Spotify, Louise, 25, she said she had never earned virtually enough money from a living platform, and is currently running for full -time.

“For a group that does not even exist to get all this craving in social media, it hinders it,” she added.

To prepare young artists for a changing musical situation, music professors note that they are increasingly working in their lessons plans, trying to teach students to use technology to improve their creative process and produce music.

Some created manufacturers also leaned towards this trend. Last month, the artist and producer Grammy Timbaland launched AI-oriented entertainment, called Stage Zero, which will feature AI pop star.

“Other manufacturers will start doing this … And this will create a completely different model of the music industry that we cannot predict yet,” Palamar said. However, he added that he thinks this trend would make money as an artist on the Internet even more complicated.

It is expected that this trend will still be reaction not only for its impact on artists, but also to what it can mean for music consumers.

“(M) USIC supporters should worry because the distribution of music and content AI kills our submission and algorithms in social media, which makes it difficult to communicate with each other,” said Anthony Fountain, a well -known music critic and an internet on YouTube.

“AI art does not offer anything that people themselves can no longer do better,” he said, adding that this is a way to cut out real artists.

In addition to calling for better copyright protection for artists when it comes to training II, music groups are asked What AI-Generation The music will be labeled as such. Spotify did not respond to CNBC investigation regarding its generative detection policy and marking.

In a statement by CNBC Tino Gagliardia, the president of the US Federation of US and Canada, called on the creators, those engaged in technology, legislators and supporters of music to stand together in support of human creativity and authorship.

“Consent, credit and compensation are the prerequisites for the development of the II. And transparency, including in streaming and other markets, is the basis for the protection of the livelihoods of musicians. All that is missing is the theft.”