While much of the entertainment industry is debating the reach and impact of AI, the Recording Academy is cracking down.
On Friday, the organization released its new rules for the 66th annual Grammy Awards , including new guidance on the role of AI in creating music. “Only human creators are eligible to be submitted for consideration for, nominated for, or win a GRAMMY Award. A work that contains no human authorship is not eligible in any Category,” the Academy says.
However, that does not mean that any work that features AI components will be automatically ineligible. The rules further clarify: “The human authorship component of the work submitted must be meaningful and more than de minimis; such human authorship component must be relevant to the category in which such work is entered (e.g., if the work is submitted in a songwriting category, there must be meaningful and more than de minimis human authorship in respect of the music and/or lyrics; if the work is submitted in a performance category, there must be meaningful and more than de minimis human authorship in respect of the performance); and the author(s) of any AI material incorporated into the work are not eligible to be nominees or Grammy recipients insofar as their contribution to the portion of the work that consists of such AI material is concerned. De minimis is defined as lacking significance or importance; so minor as to merit disregard.”
The Academy also made changes to the total number of nominees […]
