17.05.2023: UK Music Chief Executive Jamie Njoku-Goodwin spoke to Matt Frei at Channel 4 News about the impact of AI on the music industry. 

Jamie said: “Many artists across the music industry use AI in an assistive way. I think the challenge is around generative AI. It’s really important to remember that AI cannot create, it can generate.

“And, in order to generate music, it needs to take a whole load of content, look at patterns and then generate allegedly new (music). But it’s not new – it’s based on original content that it’s ingested.

“So it’s critical that when AIs are generating works of music or creative content as a whole, it is recognising the copyright. It’s (about) having the permission to use that content in order to generate that work.”

You can see the full 12-minute Channel 4 package on the potential impact of  AI on the music industry here.

UK Music has signed up to the Human Artistry Campaign, which sets out key principles on the responsible use of AI to support human creativity. You can read more about that here.