YouTube may just be the first company to pay music labels a copyright fee for artificial intelligence training. 

The video sharing platform is reportedly offering a large amount of money to licence holders in exchange for using their songs to further develop its AI music generative feature.

The news also came after major record labels filed lawsuits against Udio and Suno, two AI music generator startups accused of copyright infringement. 

So is YouTube's decision designed to avert legal trouble, or purely a business one? Listen to AI consultant Raj Shroff’s take on the issue


You'll also hear why the world’s first public screening of a movie written entirely by artificial intelligence was cancelled following heavy criticism.