(Los Angeles) The organizers of the Grammys, in the United States, announced several changes to the rules on Friday, including one which stipulates that “only human creators” are eligible to win prizes – de facto excluding pieces created only with the artificial intelligence.
“A work that contains no human author is ineligible in any category,” the Recording Academy ruled in its new “Protocol for Artificial Intelligence” released Friday.
This rule was established following the semi-annual board meeting held last month, where it was determined that works with elements of artificial intelligence are eligible, as long as a human creator is responsible for a “meaningful” contribution to the music and/or lyrics.
The announcement of the new rules came shortly after Paul McCartney announced on Tuesday that a “last Beatles song” had been recorded using artificial intelligence by extracting the voice of John Lennon from an old demo.
In addition to the rule regarding artificial intelligence, the Academy announced that changes have been made to other categories. From now on, to be named in the category of the album of the year, a musician will have to be responsible for at least 20% of the work on the disc.
This update differs from a decision made in 2021 that allowed anyone who worked on the album to be part of the selection.
The number of people who will be nominated in the four most popular categories – best new artists and album, song and album of the year – will increase from ten to eight.