Grainge says the advent of AI technology has reached a point where Universal Music must “be completely at the epicenter of its application. An example he uses is the Beatles’ 2023 single “Now and Then” which used AI to isolate and clean up an old recording of John Lennon singing. “It’s a brilliant song—great lyrics, fabulous performance, incredibly emotive—that unless we’d had AI to individualize different recordings, would have never come to light, “Grainge told the L.A. Times.
Source: Lucian Grainge Isn’t Mincing Words on AI Music and IP Theft