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Forbes
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- Forbes
New Awards Want To Be ‘Grammys Of The AI Music Space'
Organizers of the Future Music Awards want to highlight the creative potential of AI across the ... More music ecosystem. Been making music with AI? You could win money for it. A global contest called the Future Music Awards launched on Tuesday to recognize creators of music made with the help of artificial intelligence. Entries will be judged on elements including inspiration, process, vocals, lyrics and beat, along with listens on a dedicated chart. Amid intensifying ethical and legal debates around AI, contest rules stipulate that music found to contain copyrighted material will be disqualified. The top three winners will split $10,000 in prizes. 'I'll be looking for lyrical content, something that is not just from ChatGPT, something that has been edited and has a bit more human flavor to it,' contest judge Jeff Nang, a London-based music producer whose own bespoke compositions have been featured by brands including Disney and JP Morgan, said over Zoom. 'Even though it's an AI project, I still believe that it benefits from the human touch.' The awards are sponsored by the World Creator AI Awards, a broader competition for AI creativity run by Fanvue, a subscription-based platform that hosts virtual models. The creator awards launched last year with the first beauty pageant for AI-generated women and have now ventured into the music world. The Future Music Awards are a 'true celebration of the democratization of music, and we have big ambitions to grow the awards into the Grammys of the AI music space,' Narcis Marincat, head of AI at Fanvue, said in a statement. Contest judges include (from left) Chris Johnson, head of A&R and talent ID at SoundCloud; music ... More producer Jeff Nang; and musician Josua Waghubinger. The contest arrives as AI becomes an increasingly popular tool for musicians from amateurs to professionals — more than 60 million people used AI software to create music in 2024, according to the International Music Summit's 2025 Business Report. But while some musicians embrace AI as a collaborating partner, others fear it will impact their careers, and the very nature of creativity. Earlier this year, more than a thousand musicians including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox, Imogen Heap, Billy Ocean and Riz Ahmed protested a proposed overhaul of U.K. copyright law that they fear will make it easier for AI companies to train datasets on their work without permission unless they proactively opt out (the bill passed last week). And last year, a metal band faced enough backlash for using an AI-generated album cover — one fan called it 'a big slap in the face to any real, living artists' — that it ultimately replaced it with a new one. Spotlighting AI's Creative Promise Organizers of the Future Music Awards say they want to highlight the creative potential of AI in music, and how it can be used responsibly across the music ecosystem. All contest entries must be created and verified through contest partner TwoShot, a music platform with a database trained on royalty-free sounds and music sourced directly from rights holders. Because TwoShot users can also upload their own audio, the tool runs tracks through an automated licensing system to detect copyrighted content. Cleared contest entries will appear on a chart powered by online audio distribution platform SoundCloud, and anyone over 18 can enter with tracks in any genre or language. There is no entry fee. Contest judge Nang says he'll be assessing submissions for the same qualities he values in music not created with AI. 'You're always looking for structure, style and taste,' he said. Nang co-founded Controlla Voice, which lets users create AI singers, and he's built full choirs from his own voice with the product. 'I love to see what the new generation of music creators have been creating with these tools,' he said. Another awards judge, Josua Waghubinger, is a trailblazing member of that new generation. The Austrian musician, known by the stage name Butterbro, became the first artist to enter the official German single charts with a fully AI-generated song, 'Verknallt in einen Talahon,' composed with AI music service Udio. The tune combines a traditional style of European music known as schlager with bouncy pop to tell the story of a German girl with a crush on an immigrant. Speaking over Zoom, Waghubinger said he hopes the Future Music Awards will spark conversation on how platforms can respect musicians and still encourage innovation, while reminding artists that experimenting with AI doesn't mean abandoning their own creative voice. 'It's important to always remember to keep the fun when we try to experiment with new technology, and never forget that we as humans can decide if we want to stay at the center of it,' he said. 'I see AI both as a tool and as a collaborator, depending on how it's used,' Waghubinger added, 'with the human touch remaining at the core.'
Daily Mail
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Prince Harry 'is unforgivable', says old pal Ben Goldsmith
His sister was one of Princess Diana 's closest friends, yet financier Ben Goldsmith has nothing but contempt for his old pal Prince Harry. The Duke of Sussex 's explosive interview with the BBC last week has prompted the son of late billionaire Sir James Goldsmith to go public with criticism that his friends will say only privately. 'Tragic but true – Prince Harry's behaviour is unforgivable,' Ben, below, declares. The reference to forgiveness is thought to be in response to Harry's admission that a reconciliation with his family would be very difficult because of his tawdry memoirs, Spare, and his criticism of them in numerous interviews. 'Of course, some members of my family will never forgive me for writing a book,' Harry said. 'Of course, they will never forgive me for lots of things.' Ben, 44, is the first former pal of the duke to condemn him publicly. Harry admitted in Spare that he had lost friends over his decision to tell all to American chat show host Oprah Winfrey, including the van Cutsem family. 'Several close mates and beloved figures in my life, including one of Hugh and Emilie's sons, Emilie herself, and even Tiggy [Pettifer, his former nanny], had chastised me for Oprah,' he wrote. 'How could you reveal such things? About your family?' Ben's sister, Jemima Goldsmith, was so close to Diana that the princess visited her twice in Pakistan while she was married to former cricket legend Imran Khan. She agreed to help Netflix with its portrayal of Diana in The Crown before pulling out when she concluded that the story was not being treated as 'respectfully or compassionately' as she had hoped. 'It was really important to me that the final years of my friend's life be portrayed accurately and with compassion, as has not always happened in the past,' she later explained. Will sister Kate love Lottie's latest wheeze? Kate Moss's face has graced billboards worldwide for decades, and now her half-sister, Lottie, is claiming similar success. The 27-year-old model has shared this photograph online of her posing beneath a billboard displaying her image in an advertisement for Fanvue. The billboard is above a bureau de change in London. Fanvue is a content-sharing platform that allows creators to upload and sell exclusive content to their subscribers. 'I'm so happy,' Lottie says about the new partnership. She suffered a painful fall-out with her family after she stripped off for adult subscription website OnlyFans following her move to Los Angeles in 2021. Earlier this year, she said she had quit OnlyFans because she wanted to move 'on to the next chapter' of her life and focus on something 'more entrepreneurial'. Queen Camilla and ex at service for Sir Thomas Before the VE Day celebrations began, Queen Camilla joined her first husband for a memorial service at Hereford Cathedral. Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles also attended the thanksgiving service last Friday for the life of Sir Thomas Dunne, who served as Queen Elizabeth's Lord-Lieutenant of Herefordshire for three decades. Brig Parker Bowles, 85, was there in a formal role, representing Princess Anne, 74. This was not the first time that he has represented his former girlfriend at such an event. The pair went out with each other in the 1970s, before he married Camilla Shand, 77. The Weakest Link's former host Anne Robinson has said she is now going out with the brigadier, but he has not been pictured with her. His son, Tom Parker Bowles, said last December that he had asked his father about Robinson. 'He says they're just friends, and I'll take his word for it,' Tom remarked. 'But there's life in the old dog yet.' A day with Diane Abbott and chums... That's £590, please The controversial first lady of Zimbabwe is heading to London to appear at an eye-poppingly expensive conference alongside African royalty, Labour MPs and one of the King's foremost advisers. Auxillia Mnangagwa, wife of the Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa, is listed as a speaker at the Flair summit next month at the Royal Leonardo Hotel by Tower Bridge. Flair stands for First Ladies of Africa Impact and Resilience Summit. It is not without its critics. Lib Dem peer Lord Oates has noted the suppression of journalists and newspapers in Zimbabwe and has called for parliamentarians to complain personally to Mrs Mnangagwa about these abuses when she lands in Britain. She will appear alongside Labour MPs Diane Abbott and Dawn Butler, and the chairman of the King's Trust, Tom Ilube. Tickets are not cheap: a day pass retails at £590 and a ten-seat table at the dinner costs £11,800. How Bailey bagged Bridget She's the long-term girlfriend of Bridget Jones producer Eric Fellner, but society model Laura Bailey claims she struggled to secure a role in the film's latest instalment, Mad About The Boy. The former Marks & Spencer mannequin, 52, has shared a video on social media of her cameo, in which she drops off her on-screen daughter at school, behind Renee Zellweger's Bridget. 'Out-takes from the best day,' she says. 'Forever grateful to director Michael Morris for casting my cameo against the producer (my boyfriend)'s wishes.' The sporty mum of two adds: 'Tennis mum – the role I was born to play!' Princess and heiress rock frocks There was little chance of King Charles's goddaughter, Princess Maria-Olympia of Greece and Denmark, attending yesterday's VE Day celebrations. The socialite was in New York, rubbing shoulders with heiress Ivy Getty at a pre-Met Gala cocktail party at the Twenty Two Hotel. The pair both wore Versace frocks, with Ivy, 30, sporting its revealing £2,770 Safety Pin dress. Meanwhile, Olympia, 28, wore a La Vacanza Printed Jersey Halter Dress that cost more than £2,000.
