AI in the Music Industry – Part 19: The Ambivalent Relationship Between Music Major and AI Companies

As we saw in part 14 of the series using the example of the AI company Anthropic, the music majors are already taking legal action against copyright infringements that they believe are taking place through the training and use of AI models. At the same time, however, they are also supporting projects such as the AI-generated completion of the Beatles’ song “Now and Then” and are looking to collaborate with technology companies to keep up with the latest developments around AI in music. In this concluding part of the ‘AI in the music industry’ series, we take a closer look at the majors’ ambivalent relationship with the use of artificial intelligence in the creation and distribution of music.