YouTube is offering lump sums to major record labels like Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Records to license songs for training its AI music tools.
Labels and artists remain cautious due to concerns of devaluing human creativity, with Sony Music warning against unauthorized AI use and artists like Billie Eilish and Katy Perry calling for tech companies to stop infringing upon artists' rights.
YouTube is not expanding Dream Track but is seeking to license music from dozens of artists to train new AI tools, with payment arrangements likely to be one-off sums.
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