Pop singer Meghan Trainor added a clause into her will which would prohibit anyone utilizing artificial intelligence (A.I.) to recreate her voice after her death.
The 30-year-old Grammy Award-winner expressed trepidation about the emerging technology, saying it “scared” her.
“Sometimes I love it, sometimes I’m scared,” Trainor told Fox News during a red carpet interview at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. “I don’t know a lot about it.”
“I’m like, ‘Wait, they can make me say and sing things that I didn’t do?’ And they were like, ‘Yeah.’ That’s spooky,” she continued. “So, it is in my will now; you can’t use my voice.”
A.I. usage in the music industry has been a hot topic of conversation lately. Earlier in April, more than 200 prominent recording artists, including Billie Eilish, Pearl Jam, and others, signed an open letter denouncing its usage.
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