The Recording Academy have published an update to their rules, including clarification on music created by artificial intelligence (AI).
AI is taking over the world and there is more and more AI created content on the internet each day. With advancements in AI created art & music happening so fast, it’s starting to cause some big debates in the music industry.
The Recording Academy have now set out their stance on AI created music.
In a new update to their rules, they have stated:
The GRAMMY Award recognizes creative excellence. Only human creators are eligible to be submitted for consideration for, nominated for, or win a GRAMMY Award. A work that contains no human authorship is not eligible in any Categories.
Read the full ruling below:
The GRAMMY Award recognizes creative excellence. Only human creators are eligible to be submitted for consideration for, nominated for, or win a GRAMMY Award. A work that contains no human authorship is not eligible in any Categories. A work that features elements of A.I. material (i.e., material generated by the use of artificial intelligence technology) is eligible in applicable Categories; however: (1) the human authorship component of the work submitted must be meaningful and more than de minimis; (2) such human authorship component must be relevant to the Category in which such work is entered (e.g., if the work is submitted in a songwriting Category, there must be meaningful and more than de minimis human authorship in respect of the music and/or lyrics; if the work is submitted in a performance Category, there must be meaningful and more than de minimis human authorship in respect of the performance); and (3) the author(s) of any A.I. material incorporated into the work are not eligible to be nominees or GRAMMY recipients insofar as their contribution to the portion of the work that consists of such A.I material is concerned. De minimis is defined as lacking significance or importance; so minor as to merit disregard.
So no AI robots will be winning a GRAMMY anytime soon!
Click here, to learn more about how to get a nominated for a GRAMMY Award.
If you have over 1000 streams of your music, you may also be eligible for some other music awards, click here to find out if your music is eligble for a plaque or award.