Spotify will not ban AI-made music, says boss- QHN

The boss of Spotify says he has no plans to completely ban content created by artificial intelligence from the music streaming platform.

Earlier this year the platform pulled a track featuring AI-cloned voices of the performers Drake and The Weeknd.

Daniel Ek told the BBC there were valid uses of the tech in making music – but AI should not be used to impersonate human artists without their consent.

Daniel Ek told the BBC there were valid uses of the tech in making music – but AI should not be used to impersonate human artists without their consent.

Mr Ek, who rarely speaks to the media, said that he saw three “buckets” of AI use:

“It is going to be tricky,” he said when asked about the challenge the industry was facing.

While AI is not banned in all forms on the platform the company does not allow its content to be used to train a machine learning or AI model, the likes of which can then produce music.

Artists are increasingly speaking out against the use of AI in the creative industries.

The boss of Spotify says he has no plans to completely ban content created by artificial intelligence from the music streaming platform.

Daniel Ek told the BBC there were valid uses of the tech in making music – but AI should not be used to impersonate human artists without their consent.

Earlier this year the platform pulled a track featuring AI-cloned voices of the performers Drake and The Weeknd.

Mr Ek, who rarely speaks to the media, said that he saw three “buckets” of AI use:

Daniel Ek told the BBC there were valid uses of the tech in making music – but AI should not be used to impersonate human artists without their consent.

Daniel Ek told the BBC there were valid uses of the tech in making music – but AI should not be used to impersonate human artists without their consent.

Mr Ek, who rarely speaks to the media, said that he saw three “buckets” of AI use:

“It is going to be tricky,” he said when asked about the challenge the industry was facing.

While AI is not banned in all forms on the platform the company does not allow its content to be used to train a machine learning or AI model, the likes of which can then produce music.

Artists are increasingly speaking out against the use of AI in the creative industries.

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