Canadian electro-pop artist Grimes tweeted on Monday that she’ll “split 50% royalties” with anyone who uses her voice on a “successful AI generated song.” The thirty-five-year-old artist referred to the royalty split as the “same deal as I would with any artist i collab with” and gave creators the license to use her voice “without penalty” since she has “no label and no legal bindings.” She also shared that she is in the process of creating a program that would simulate her voice and is considering the possibility of uploading “stems and samples for ppl to train their own.” Grimes’s original tweet included a screenshot of a New York Times article about an AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd collaboration that went viral and was subsequently pulled from major streaming services. This sparked a debate about machine-generated music constituting copyright infringement and British band Breezer released an album of original music featuring an AI-generated voice in the style of Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher. Grimes, previously signed to Columbia and 4AD, is known for her distinct cyberpunk aesthetic and her strong views on emerging technologies like AI and blockchain. She previously put out a collection of original art as NFTs and collected $6 million and is known for her illustrations and designs of her own record covers.

This news means that Grimes is offering a royalty split to anyone who uses her voice in a successful AI-generated song. This is potentially good news for creators as it provides them with a license to use her voice without penalty and with a royalty split. Grimes is also looking to create a program that will simulate her voice and is considering the possibility of uploading “stems and samples for ppl to train their own”. This could potentially expand the capabilities of AI-generated music.

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