Google and Universal Music Group are in the early stages of discussions centering around how fans can legitimately use and license artists’ voices and other soundbits for songs that are generated by artificial intelligence (AI), according to a Financial Times report.   These discussions have been reportedly confirmed by four people familiar with these early-stage negotiations that have naturally stemmed from the rise of generative AI and the increase in “deepfake” or digitally manipulated music tracks that are using the likeness of an established artist’s voice and/or lyrics.  Calling for a federal “right of publicity” Jeffrey Harleston, general counsel at UMG […]