SVT received a record 4,077 entries for Melodifestivalen 2027, suspects a growing share were made with AI, has no way to detect them and won't ban them. Its rules only demand that the lead artist sings live. Greece's broadcaster went the other way, with a written AI ban and a sworn declaration from every writer.
Industryvia SVT
UK Music's This Is Music 2025 report asked music creators what they think about AI. Big majorities want consent, payment, labelling and voice rights. The producers, the group most likely to use AI tools and most positive about them, back consent and payment almost as strongly as everyone else, so using AI and opposing unlicensed training are not in conflict.
AIvia UK Music
In July 2021 Holly Herndon released Holly+, a voice instrument trained on her isolated vocals, with a plan for token holders to approve official uses and share the money. A year later she and Mat Dryhurst co-founded Spawning, whose "Have I Been Trained?" opt-out became one of the most widely used opt-out tools in AI. The first idea asked permission up front; the second asked artists to object. Five years on, the first is still the better template.
AIvia Holly Herndon
Three 2026 studies, from Indiana, Australia and Italy, and China, find music teachers using AI mostly behind the desk for planning and paperwork, and drawing a firm line at artistry, authorship and assessment. Here is what they found, what worries teachers, and what good practice looks like.
AIvia National High School Journal of Science (NHSJS)
Mexico changed its Federal Copyright Law and Federal Labor Law in May 2026. A performer's voice and image are now protected against AI clones, a payment for one use no longer counts as consent to others, and work contracts must set the terms and pay for any AI use. This is already law, not a bill, but the exceptions are worded more loosely than the headlines suggest.
Artist rightsvia Diario Oficial de la Federación
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