Bruno Mars' "Hype Boy," You Can't Hear It Anymore...YouTube-Universal Music Settles AI Copyright Infringement Case

Music AI Incubator Partnership
"Stop the unauthorized use of artists' voices"
U.S. Court Rules "No Copyright for AI Creations"

▲ A recording of Bruno Mars' version of "Hip Hop Boy," created through artificial intelligence (AI), is posted on YouTube. Source YouTube

YouTube and Universal Music have joined hands to resolve copyright issues triggered by artificial intelligence (AI).

YouTube and Universal Music, along with singer Roseanne Cash and producer Don Worth, have formed a partnership called the Music AI Incubator, according to Bloomberg. They will share feedback on the impact of generative AI on music creation.

"We plan to enforce copyright and monitor artists' voices for unauthorized use," said YouTube CEO Neil Mohan on the company's official blog.

Recently, YouTube has been inundated with AI songs that combine artists' voices with other songs. Earlier this year, a fake song featuring the voices of Drake and The Weeknd was released that was viewed more than 8.5 million times on TikTok and 250,000 times on Spotify. It was later taken down online.

In Korea, there have also been songs that pretend to be Bruno Mars, G-Dragon, and Dean singing Newjeans's "Hype Boy" on social media.

However, there is a silver lining. Earlier, Beatles member Paul McCartney said that he would use AI to finish the Beatles' unfinished songs and release them later this year. "Creating new Beatles songs presents both risks and opportunities for companies like Universal Music," Citigroup said in its report.

Meanwhile, a U.S. court ruled that AI-created works are not copyrightable, officially recognizing that copyright is a right reserved for human-created works. Earlier, computer scientist Steven Thaler tried to copyright an image created by his AI system, Davos, but the Copyright Office rejected it because it involved AI. After litigation, the court sided with the Copyright Office.

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