By Robert Booth
Publication Date: 2026-04-21 12:20:00
Jean-Michel Jarre has attacked the music and film industries’ conservatism towards AI, urging them to embrace the technology instead of being fearful and “very anti-AI”.
Jarre, one of the pioneers of electronic music in the 1970s, said that while the existing creative industry was “freaking out” over technology, artists were using AI “to create the cinema of tomorrow, the hip-hop of tomorrow, the techno of tomorrow, the rock ‘n’ roll of tomorrow.”
AI’s ability to create images and sounds would not kill talent but should be leveraged since the pioneers of the film industry in the early 20th century embraced the moving image and then sound, he said.
The French musician’s comments stood in stark contrast to deep fears about AI expressed by other leading musicians such as Elton John and Dua Lipa – particularly models being trained on copyrighted material without permission or compensation.
Artists and musicians around the world are fighting…
