Nathan R. Jessep
Footballguy
“Here’s the super easy headline statement: AI, or music that contains AI-created elements, is absolutely eligible for entry and for consideration for Grammy nomination. Period. What’s not going to happen is we are not going to give a Grammy or Grammy nomination to the AI portion,” Mason told Associated Press. “As long as the human is contributing in a more than de minimis amount, which to us means a meaningful way, they are and will always be considered for a nomination or a win.”
The Recording Academy has reportedly reviewed several options regarding the eligibility of AI-generated music, namely, through research and informational tech summits. Following such action, the Academy has set defined boundaries in the songwriting and composition realms.
For example, if the vocals on a record are generated using AI, it would be ineligible for performance categories but could still receive a nomination in the songwriting category. “Conversely, if a song was sung by an actual human in the studio, and they did all the performing, but AI wrote the lyric or the track, the song would not be eligible in a composition or a songwriting category,” Mason continued to explain.
“We don’t want to see technology replace human creativity,” he added. “We want to make sure technology is enhancing, embellishing, or additive to human creativity. So that’s why we took this particular stand in this award cycle.”