{"id":2026095,"date":"2023-09-08T16:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T20:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grammy-ceo-clarifies-earlier-statement-about-ai-generated-song-being-eligible-for-awards\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T16:27:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T20:27:35","slug":"grammy-ceo-clarifies-earlier-statement-about-ai-generated-song-being-eligible-for-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grammy-ceo-clarifies-earlier-statement-about-ai-generated-song-being-eligible-for-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammy CEO clarifies stance on AI-made songs for awards."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgrammy-ceo-clarifies-earlier-statement-about-ai-generated-song-being-eligible-for-awards%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2026095&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Grammy CEO Clarifies Eligibility of AI-Generated Song for Award<\/h2>\n<p>Grammy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. issued \u200ca clarification on Thursday to a\u2062 statement he made to The New York Times about whether a viral AI-generated song, made to sound like\u2062 Drake and The Weeknd, was &#8220;absolutely eligible&#8221; for an award.<\/p>\n<p>The Grammy Awards,\u2062 Recording Academy chief initially was asked by the NYT if the song &#8220;Heart on My Sleeve,&#8221; which was created by an anonymous artist known as Ghostwriter, would be \u200cup for consideration in next \u2063year&#8217;s competition after the artist&#8217;s\u200d team said they had submitted the song in two categories\u2064 for the\u2062 2024 awards, best <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-reporter-forced-to-resign-over-n-word-controversy-tells-his-side-of-the-story\/\" title=\"New York Times Reporter Forced To Resign Over N-Word Controversy Tells His Side Of The Story\">rap song<\/a> and song of the year, according to The\u200c Hollywood\u200d Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>Mason told the NYT, &#8220;As far \u200cas the creative\u200b side, it&#8217;s absolutely eligible because it\u2064 was written by\u2064 a human.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A backlash ensued against \u200dhim and the CEO went on\u2062 social media \u2064to clarify earlier\u2064 comments.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Recording Academy CEO Harvey\u2062 Mason Jr. tells the New York Times that unauthorized AI Drake &#038; The \u2063Weekend collaboration &#8220;Heart on My Sleeve&#8221; would be eligible\u2063 for a GRAMMY nomination:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As\u2064 far \u2062as the creative side, it&#8217;s absolutely eligible because it was written \u2062by\u2064 a human.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lLUcjlKwjN\">pic.twitter.com\/lLUcjlKwjN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/1699622167128793224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September \u200b7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, but \u2062I have to \u2063clear up some of this\u2063 bad and really inaccurate information that&#8217;s starting to float around,&#8221; Mason said in a video. &#8220;This version of &#8216;Heart on My Sleeve&#8217; using the \u200bAI voice\u200d modeling, that sounds like Drake and\u200b The Weeknd, it&#8217;s not eligible for Grammy consideration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let me be extra,\u2063 extra\u2063 clear, \u2062even though it was written by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/globalism-wont-westernize-the-planet-it-will-internationalize-america\/\" title=\"Globalism Won\u2019t Westernize The Planet, It Will Internationalize America\">human creator<\/a>, the vocals were not legally obtained, the vocals were not cleared by the label or the artists and the song is not commercially available and because of that, it&#8217;s \u200bnot eligible,&#8221; \u2064he added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I take this [AI] stuff very seriously,&#8221; Mason continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s all complicated, and it&#8217;s moving, really, really quickly. I&#8217;m sure things are \u200bgoing\u2063 to continue to have to evolve and \u200dchange. \u2064But please, please, do not be confused. The Academy is here to support and advocate and protect and represent human artists, and human creators period.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In July, Mason Jr. told Variety that the Recording Academy would not &#8220;be giving a nomination or an award to an AI computer or someone who just prompted AI.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s the distinction that we&#8217;re trying to \u2062make,&#8221; he\u2062 added. &#8220;It&#8217;s \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grammy-ceo-clarifies-earlier-statement-about-ai-generated-song-being-eligible-for-awards\/\" title=\"Grammy CEO clarifies stance on AI-made songs for awards.\">human award highlighting \u2062excellence<\/a>, driven by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/100-million-bucks-for-four-years-rumble-ceo-sends-letter-to-joe-rogan-with-totally-legit-offer\/\" title=\"\u2018100 Million Bucks For Four Years\u2019: Rumble CEO Sends Letter To Joe Rogan With \u2018Totally Legit\u2019 Offer\">human creativity<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ai-generated-song-mimicking-drake-and-the-weeknd-submitted-for-grammy-exec-says-its-absolutely-eligible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI-Generated Song Mimicking Drake\u200c And The Weeknd Submitted For Grammy, Exec Says It&#8217;s &#8216;Absolutely Eligible&#8217;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. clarified his statement to The New York Times regarding the eligibility of an AI-generated song resembling Drake and The Weeknd for a Grammy Award. 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