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Last month, a new record by rapping stars Drake and The Weeknd delighted their fans - until they were told it was an AI-generated song. Even the voices of the singers were generated by an artificial intelligence programme. Well, there was some debate about whether an AI song like this would be eligible for a Grammy music award.

Newsday has been speaking to Harvey Mason Jr, who is not only a well-known songwriter who's written for some of the most famous names in music, but also chief executive of the Recording Academy, the organisation behind the Grammy Awards. He says there is ''so much amazing potential with AI'' in the music industry but it ''also has dangers.''

He continues: ''Music and lyrics and melody are all things AI is contributing to or people are using as inspiration... it's another evolution of technology that's going to be scary, going to change and disrupt. But in the end, human creativity will prevail." He thinks what artists create ''won't be replaced, but hopefully amplified and enhanced''. He talks of ''a tipping point with implications'' when he heard the Drake and The Weeknd AI-generated song, and warned that the ''rights of an artist need to be protected... I don't want AI working on any of my songs''.

(Picture: Harvey Mason Jr attending the 65th Grammy Awards on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)

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