Grimes says anybody can AI-generate her voice “with out penalty”

Enlarge / Grimes attends The 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Vogue on the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork on September 13, 2021, in New York Metropolis. (credit score: Theo Wargo/Getty Photographs)

On Sunday night time, Canadian musician Grimes tweeted that she would break up 50 % royalties on “any profitable AI generated track” that makes use of her voice, experiences The Verge. As an unbiased artist, Grimes says anybody can use her voice with out penalty. “I’ve no label and no authorized bindings,” she says.

Her announcement comes after controversy over an unauthorized track that includes AI-generated vocals of Drake and The Weeknd that went viral earlier this month. Shortly after its reveal, the track received pulled from YouTube and different social media platforms below unclear circumstances, which The Verge experiences might have been a botched fan tribute or a advertising and marketing stunt.

Grimes isn’t any stranger to the AI and tech cultural scene, having written music about AI and tweeted concerning the topic regularly. In February, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tweeted an unlabeled picture of himself with Grimes and AI critic Eliezer Yudkowsky. Grimes additionally shares two kids along with her former accomplice Elon Musk, who just lately signed a letter urging the slowdown of AI mannequin growth.