Australian musicians raise concerns over AI training using their work

Australian musicians are concerned their work is being used without permission to train AI. Prominent artists like Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue, along with bands such as Something For Kate, have discovered their songs in datasets used for AI music generation. This practice, dubbed 'slurping,' is seen by musicians as undermining their ability to negotiate fair terms for their creations. The datasets, compiled from sources like YouTube and lyrics websites, contain millions of creative works. Music licensing organizations and artists argue this ingestion of copyrighted material violates intellectual property laws and devalues human artistic expression.