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YouTube is testing a feature that lets select creators remix songs using AI

YouTube added a capability for select creators in the U.S. to create AI-generated songs via prompts using the vocals of artists like Charlie Puth, Charli

YouTube added a capability for select creators in the U.S. to create AI-generated songs via prompts using the vocals of artists like Charlie Puth, Charli XCX, Demi Lovato, John Legend, Sia, T-Pain, and Troye Sivan last year. To save itself from the music industry’s ire, YouTube declared last August — before releasing any of these tools — that it plans to compensate artists and rightsholders for usage of their work in AI features. Former JioSaavn exec Gaurav Sharma is building an app called Hook, which allows users to legally remix songs that could be used to create short videos.

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