YouTube Reportedly in Talks With Record Labels to License Songs for A.I.

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Google-owned YouTube is reportedly in discussions with major record labels to license music for the streamer’s burgeoning A.I. (artificial intelligence) efforts. The songs would be used to train AI software.

The discussions, first reported by Financial Times, include Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music, come days after the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), on behalf of the same labels, filed separate copyright infringement lawsuits against AI music generators Suno and Udio for allegedly using copyrighted music without permission.

YouTube is looking to license select artists for testing of its new Dream Track A.I. software tool that could be incorporated with its Shorts videos marketed to compete against the social media TikTok platform.

News Corp, which owns the Wall Street Journal, recently inked a deal with Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence company OpenAI — the same company The New York Times recently sued for copyright infringement, claiming that the tech companies illegally used the newspaper’s content to train its A.I. tools.

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