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Universal Music Group tested an artist feedback program with YouTube in 2023, contributing artists, songwriters, and producers to the YouTube Music AI Incubator to provide input on generative AI tools YouTube was developing.
Details
Announced August 21, 2023, UMG served as the first partner for YouTube's Music AI Incubator, contributing a cohort of artists including Anitta, Björn Ulvaeus, Ryan Tedder, Juanes, Rosanne Cash, Yo Gotti, and others. The program was designed to gather feedback on generative AI music tools and research YouTube was conducting. UMG CEO Lucian Grainge described it as an effort to shape AI development to respect artist rights and support human creativity. This was an advisory/feedback role for UMG artists, not a deployment of AI by UMG itself.
Products affected
YouTube Music AI Incubator
Sources & Evidence
Company Disclosure
Cite this record
Trace Foundation. (2026). Universal Music Group: Universal Music Group tested an artist feedback program with YouTube in 2023, contributing artists, songwriters, and producers to the YouTube Music AI Incubator to provide input on generative AI tools YouTube was developing (data as of 2026-05-11) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/b5430021-55ce-4af6-9151-6c2e34ace047. Accessed October 5, 2026.
- Stable link
- https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/b5430021-55ce-4af6-9151-6c2e34ace047
- Data as of
- May 11, 2026
- Last verified
- Not recorded
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