The French streaming platform Deezer detects the cloned voices of artists generated by artificial intelligence

The French music streaming platform Deezer said on Tuesday that it had developed a tool that allows it to identify the voices of music stars reconstructed by artificial intelligence. “Our goal is to eliminate illegal and fraudulent content, increase transparency and develop a new compensation system where professional artists are rewarded for creating valuable content.“said Deezer CEO Jeronimo Folgueira, quoted in a statement.”This is why (…) we are developing tools to detect content generated by AI“, he continues.

The voice, intellectual property?

This so-called tagging system first aims to identify songs using “synthetic voices from existing artists“.”This information will be used to notify artists, labels and users about AI-generated content on the platform.“, details Mr. Folgueira, for whom this new system intends “develop a compensation model that distinguishes between different types of musical creation“. An announcement that comes as artificial intelligence is booming and is shaking up many sectors, including music.

In mid-February, star DJ David Guetta was talked about by using AI for a voice like rapper Eminem for one of his shows. The artist did not market this title, explaining to the BBC that he wanted “open the discussion for awareness“.

At the heart of the debate, a question: is intellectual property exercised over a vote? “What you protect with copyright is the expression of an idea, and the voice isn’t really that.“Estimated in May to AFP Andres Guadamuz, who teaches intellectual property law at the British University of Sussex.