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Originally Posted by Gogar

This is kinda interesting but not really a surprise. Affecting a lot of folks I know this week!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/iheartmedia-begins-fresh-round-of-layoffs-in-radio-business/ar-AA26osau


It got me to thinking about -

What if these DJs in their contracts had a T&C section about how their words spoken over the airwaves were the property of iHeart Media and as such the company collected their words and created a language model and AI "virtual DJ" based on the voice characteristics of their past DJs?

Sure, maybe the contracts had a NIL agreement but at that point would they just bank on the definitions of "Image" and "Likeness" and try to hum-haw around it?


The public would neither care nor remember after about 6 months, IMO.



Too much coffee today

Interesting thought. I believe I've seen an article about Denmark creating a law that said that every citizen owns a copyright of their own likeness and voice, but of course, that won't do squat for folks in the US. But I think it's a cool move. Law is, I suspect WAY behind on the AI thing, and I suspect over the next 5-10 years A LOT of stuff will come up in court.

I've previously read about Spotify having/playing AI generated music. I have had a pandora account for years and listen on my commute and while at work. One of my channels got a new "band" that started showing up. The music wasn't bad. But it seemed "off" somehow. I did a little research and determined that it was AI generated. So I gave it the old thumbs down. I don't want to support AI generated art.