By Eamonn Forde
Publication Date: 2025-12-05 18:24:00
Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart said artificial intelligence is an “unstoppable force” and musicians and other artists should bow to the inevitable and license their music to generative AI platforms.
These platforms use artificial intelligence to analyze existing songs and tracks and use this knowledge to generate entirely new songs at the suggestion of a user. For example, someone could ask the AI platform to generate a song about a night out in the style of a Britpop band, and it would draw on songs with similar sounds and themes to create its own song.
In recent weeks, Universal and Warner have partnered with AI platforms Udio and Suno, respectively, allowing anyone to make their own music based on the work of artists signed to those labels, or manipulate and remix existing songs.
“Everyone should sell or license their voice and skills to these companies,” Stewart said. “Otherwise they’ll just accept it.”
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