Musicians Rally Against AI Music Generators Amid Stability AI's Stable Audio 2.0 Release

Over 200 artists, including Billie Eilish and Nicki Minaj, have signed an open letter urging tech companies to stop creating AI that undermines artists' rights.

Stability AI released Stable Audio 2.0, an advanced AI music generator capable of producing full-length songs, amid concerns from over 200 musicians including Billie Eilish and Nicki Minaj about AI undermining artists' rights.
The new model allows users to create songs using their own audio samples or simple text prompts, and can generate music with differentiated intros, progressions, and outros.
Musicians fear generative AI will devalue their work, prevent fair compensation, and exploit their voices and likenesses without consent.
Stable Audio 2.0 is part of a broader trend of AI advancements, including developments in AI-powered search, warfare, and content generation.
Despite the controversy, some see potential for AI in music for inspiration and background music, though it currently lacks the soul and complexity of human-created music.