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YouTube (NASDAQ:GOOG) (GOOGL) is in talks with a number of music labels to use their songs to train their artificial intelligence tools, the Financial Times reported.
The Google-owned video sharing site is talking with Sony (NYSE:SONY), Warner Music (NASDAQ:WMG) and Universal Music (OTCPK:UMGNF) in an effort to provide financial compensation to the labels to train its AI song generators the news outlet added, citing several people briefed on the talks.
YouTube is testing its new Dream Track AI tool and could be a part of its YouTube Shorts platform as it seeks to compete with ByteDance’s (BDNCE) TikTok.
YouTube, Sony, Warner and Universal did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha.
The deals being offered by YouTube are said to be different than the deals that generative AI companies like OpenAI have signed with media firms such as News. Corp and others. These deals are said to be confined to select artists and then the music labels would need to convince other artists to go along with the deals, the news outlet added.
A number of artists have come out in opposition of AI-generated music, while the major labels recently sued AI music generators for alleged copyright infringement.
The Recording Industry Association of America said two copyright infringement cases have been filed against AI music generators Suno and Udio.
The cases seek declarations that Suno and Udio infringed copyrighted sound recordings, injunctions barring these services from further infringement, and damages of up to $150,000 “per work infringed.”