DAILY INNOVATION BRIEF by Maryanne Kane, Journalist
D A ILY INNOVATION BRIEF By Journalists Edward Kane & Maryanne Kane GOOGLE, UNIVERSAL & AI MUSIC DEEPFAKES Source: Universal & Stock New AI tech that mimics artists' voices is a big and growing threat to the music industry Google & Universal Music, home to music superstars like Taylor Swift and Drake, are upending the game by forming a partnership that would develop technology to license music generated by AI and thereby monetize and defeat the deepfake threat Here are some key facts: AI music fakes are a big and surging problem that precisely mimics the voices and melodies of music stars without their consent or compensation Drake's music in particular has been subject to AI cloning along with other superstars like Taylor Swift and Frank Sinatra Google and Universal are in talks to create a tool that would enable users to create AI generated music legally and pay the owners of