The head of Spotify, Daniel Ek, through an interview with the BBC, says that he does not intend to completely ban content generated by artificial intelligence on the platform.

Earlier this year, AI-produced songs featuring the voices of famous artists such as Drake and The Weekend appeared who were unaware that such a thing had happened and of course had not given any relevant permission, resulting in the platform pulling them down.

In fact, the creator of these songs tried to promote them in the nominations for the Grammy music awards, but in the end they were not accepted.

Daniel Eck told the BBC that the only ban that will exist is the promotion by the platform of songs that have been composed by artificial intelligence programs that will feature the voice of artists who have not given their permission and consent for this to happen.

While he added that the use of artificial intelligence in music is likely to be discussed for many years to come.

Daniel Ek, who rarely speaks to the media, says he sees three categories of AI use in music:

1) Tools that adjust harmony and more generally tools that improve music, tools that Ec considers acceptable

2) Tools imitating artists that are not acceptable

3) A controversial middle ground where AI-generated music is clearly influenced by existing artists but doesn’t imitate them, at least not at first glance.

“It will be a difficult task. The debate and controversy surrounding the use of artificial intelligence in music will continue in the coming years,” says Ek, who considers the presence of AI a challenge for the music industry.