Céline Dion's team releases statement on 'unsanctioned' AI recordings
The AI-generated songs are not official recordings in the singer's discography
Céline Dion's team has shared a statement on social media, cautioning fans about fake recordings of the singer that were created using AI.
In an Instagram post on March 8, Dion's team wrote: "It has come to our attention that unsanctioned, AI-generated music purporting to contain Céline Dion's musical performances, and name and likeness, is currently circulating online and across various Digital Service Providers."
"Please be advised that these recordings are fake and not approved, and are not songs from her official discography," the statement continued.
Although Dion's team did not share what songs are circulating, on YouTube there is an AI song titled Heal Me Lord that mimics Dion's voice and has over a million views on the platform.
Other fake Dion tracks such as I Saw Jesus and Free Indeed are also gaining traction.
Dion's most recent, authentic releases include her cover of Hymne à l'amour, which she performed at the Olympics in Paris last summer, as well as the original motion picture soundtrack for her documentary I Am... Céline Dion.
Several artists have spoken recently about the use of AI in music: in February, British singers including Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn, Kate Bush and more released a silent album protesting changes to copyright laws in Britain that would allow AI companies to train their models using copyrighted musical works.
"The government's proposal would hand the life's work of the country's musicians to AI companies, for free, letting those companies exploit musicians' work to outcompete them," said composer and AI developer Ed Newton-Rex, who organized the silent album, titled Is This What We Want?.
"In the music of the future, will our voices go unheard?" Bush said in a statement.
