YouTube is trying to make AI music deals with major record labels

/ Google is taking a ‘permission first’ approach as labels and artists sue other AI music companies.

By Jess Weatherbed, a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started her career at TechRadar, covering news and hardware reviews.

YouTube is expecting to launch new AI tools later this year that are trained off the back of these deals. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

After debuting a generative AI feature last year that produces music in the style of famous artists like Charli XCX, John Legend, and T-Pain, YouTube is now asking major record labels to allow it to clone more musicians. According to the Financial

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