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Musicians must embrace ‘unstoppable force’ of AI, Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart urges

The Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart has said artificial intelligence is an “unstoppable force”, and musicians and other artists should bow to the inevitable and license their music to generative AI platforms. These platforms use artificial intelligence to analyse existing songs and tracks, using that knowledge to generate completely new ones as prompted by a user. For example, someone could ask the AI platform to generate a song about a boozy night out in the style of a Britpop band, and it would draw on song…

Entertainment · The Trace — both readings · certified 2026-07-20 · v1 · article view · machine-readable

Current reading — gain

Musicians licensing their voice and catalogs to generative AI platforms like Udio and Suno can receive royalties and retain control through opt-in deals.

Current reading — problem

Generative AI platforms that analyse existing songs to generate new tracks risk taking musicians' voices and work without permission, leaving artists at the bottom of corporate structures.

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The royalty model described depends on artists opting in, and the source notes control remains uncertain as AI adoption accelerates.

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