The stars have genuinely collaborated on previous songs including The Ride and Live For (Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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A song that uses artificial intelligence to clone the voices of Drake and The Weeknd is being removed from streaming services.<\/p>\n
Heart On My Sleeve is no longer available on Apple , Spotify, Deezer and Tidal.<\/p>\n
It is also in process of being pulled from TikTok and YouTube, but some versions remain available.<\/p>\n
It follows stinging criticism from publishers Universal Group which said the song violated copyright law.<\/p>\n
The music publisher said platforms had a \u201clegal and ethical responsibility\u201d to prevent the use of services harming artists.<\/p>\n
The track simulates Drake and The Weeknd trading verses about pop star and actress Selena Gomez, who previously dated The Weeknd.<\/p>\n
The creator, known as @ghostwriter, claims the song was created by software trained on the musicians\u2019 voices.<\/p>\n
Since being posted on a number of platforms on Friday, the track went viral over the weekend.<\/p>\n
It was initially removed from Apple, Deezer and Tidal on Monday afternoon before TikTok, Spotify and YouTube were subsequently asked to remove it.<\/p>\n
A link to an original version of the song on YouTube now says: \u201cThis video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Universal Group\u201d.<\/p>\n
On Spotify, it was streamed 629,439 times before it was pulled. At Spotify\u2019s lowest royalty rate of $0.003 per stream, that means it earned about $1,888 (\u00a31,500).<\/p>\n
Universal Group, which publishes both artists through Republic Records, said it has been doing its own innovation around AI for some time.<\/p>\n
But it added: \u201cThe training of generative AI using our artists\u2019 music (which represents both a breach of our agreements and a violation of copyright law) as well as the availability of infringing content created with generative AI on DSPs, begs the question as to which side of history all stakeholders in the music ecosystem want to be on: the side of artists, fans and human creative expression, or on the side of deep fakes, fraud and denying artists their due compensation.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThese instances demonstrate why platforms have a fundamental legal and ethical responsibility to prevent the use of their services in ways that harm artists. We\u2019re encouraged by the engagement of our platform partners on these issues as they recognise they need to be part of the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n
Neither artist has responded to the song yet, but Drake recently expressed displeasure at his voice being cloned.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the final straw AI,\u201d he posted on Instagram, after stumbling across a fan-made video in which he appeared to be rapping the Ice Spice track Munch (Feeling U).<\/p>\n
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