"The former Beatle, arguably Britain's greatest living songwriter, is releasing a track of an almost completely silent recording studio as part of a music industry protest against copyright theft by artificial intelligence companies. In place of catchy melodies and evocative lyrics there is only quiet hiss and the odd clatter. It suggests that if AI companies unfairly exploit musicians' intellectual property to train their generative AI models, the creative ecosystem will be wrecked and original music silenced."
"McCartney, 83 and currently touring North America, has added the track to the B-side of an LP called Is This What We Want?, which is filled with other silent recordings and will be pressed on vinyl and released later this month. McCartney's contribution comes as musicians and artists step up their campaign to persuade the UK government to stop technology companies from training AI models on their creative output without approval or paying royalties."
Paul McCartney released a nearly silent two-minute forty-five-second recording that contains tape hiss and occasional clatters instead of melodies as a protest against AI companies using musicians' work to train models without consent or payment. The track appears on the B-side of an LP titled Is This What We Want?, which will be pressed on vinyl and includes other silent recordings intended to pressure the UK government to block legalisation of unlicensed use of music by technology firms. Campaigners and artists including Sam Fender, Kate Bush, Hans Zimmer and the Pet Shop Boys support the effort, while campaigners warn that unfair AI training could wreck the creative ecosystem.
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