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How AI Upended the Music Industry in 2024
On today’s Big Take podcast: As AI permeates music production, who stands to benefit? And who has the most to lose?
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2024 was the year AI broke into the music industry. Record labels that had fought AI-generated songs at every turn started to consider how they might want to use AI tools. But as the technology creeps into more parts of the music production process, not everyone agrees on where to draw ethical and legal lines.