Google and Universal Music might license artists' voices for AI-generated music

Google and Universal Music Group (UMG) are reportedly working on a partnership to license artists' voices for AI-generated music. According to the Financial Times, an agreement is in the works where Google would pay the record label giant licensing fees so that users can use AI to generate new songs with musicians' voices and melodies. The discussion is in its early stages, but "the goal is to develop a tool for fans to create these track legitimately, and pay the owners of the copyrights for it...