Producer Timbaland recently shared a preview of an AI-generated song featuring the late Notorious B.I.G.’s vocals on social media. The snippet received a lot of criticism from fans who felt it was disrespectful to use AI Biggie’s vocals.
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In the clip shared by Timbaland, he revealed that he always wanted to work with Biggie. He shared a snippet of the AI-generated song with Biggie’s vocals. The response from fans on Twitter was not positive.
Fans expressed their disapproval of using deceased artists’ vocals for AI-generated songs. Some strongly believed it was unethical since Biggie passed away long ago.
One Twitter user wrote, “Using dead artists who didn’t write this s*it, would not endorse this s*it to push this AI f*ckery is disgusting, this song sucks.” Another said, “This is so lame.”
This isn’t the first time AI-generated songs have been a topic of controversy. An AI-generated song featuring Drake and The Weeknd was pulled from the internet over concerns about AI taking over human talent. Additionally, AI artist FN Meka was taken off the internet after the rapper behind the AI design claimed Capitol Records didn’t appropriately pay him and disappeared.
Speaking of AI in the music industry, Columbia Records’ Bu Thiam recently weighed in on the potential of signing AI artists.