Grimes is still on board with AI use of her voice (but no Nazi stuff, unless it's a Producers-style joke)
“I’ll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with,” she,” a viral track featuring AI-generated vocals from Drake and The Weeknd that briefly made it to streaming services before being pulled. “Feel free to use my voice without penalty. I have no label and no legal bindings...I think it’s cool to be fused w a machine and I like the idea of open sourcing all art and killing copyright.
She concluded with a stipulation that also offers a slight loophole: “Rly don’t like to do a rule but don’t wanna be responsible for a Nazi anthem unless it’s somehow in jest a la [
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