However, GenAI tools like Project Music GenAI Control are raising legal and ethical concerns as they can create music, artwork, and text that can be passed off as authentic. Music labels have been issuing takedowns, citing copyright, but there is a lack of clarity on whether "deepfake" music violates the IP of artists, labels, and other rights holders. Adobe is developing its GenAI tools against data that’s under license or in the public domain to avoid potential IP issues and is also working on watermarking technology to help identify audio produced by Project Music GenAI Control.
Key takeaways:
- Adobe has unveiled Project Music GenAI Control, a platform that can generate audio from text descriptions or a reference melody, and allows users to customize the results.
- The platform was developed in collaboration with researchers at the University of California and Carnegie Mellon, and is currently in the research stage with no UI yet.
- GenAI music tools are raising ethical and legal concerns as AI-created music, artwork and text proliferates, with a lack of clarity on whether “deepfake” music violates the IP of artists, labels and other rights holders.
- Adobe is working on watermarking technology to help identify audio produced by Project Music GenAI Control, and generally develops its GenAI tools against data that’s under license or in the public domain to avoid potentially running afoul of IP issues.