Sony Music has created a brand new place — Government VP Of AI, hiring former BPI CEO Geoff Taylor, in line with Billboard, who obtained an inner memo from the corporate. The brand new function will contain Sony “coordinating its enterprise efforts surrounding synthetic intelligence” and “coordinating throughout the worldwide digital enterprise and enterprise and authorized affairs division.” Sounds about as obscure as one would anticipate when coping with an ever-changing, amorphous factor like AI and C-suite jobs.

Right here’s the total memo despatched from Sony Music Leisure COO Kevin Kelleher.

All,

Synthetic Intelligence (AI) has nice significance for the way forward for the music business and, consequently, extra centered consideration on it’s required.

Accordingly, we’re delighted to share that Geoff Taylor can be becoming a member of us as our new Government Vice President, Synthetic Intelligence.

Reporting to me and dealing intently with our International Digital Enterprise and Enterprise & Authorized Affairs divisions, Geoff will align and assist coordinate the work of each a part of the enterprise that touches AI.

Geoff brings to our firm many years of music business expertise. Most not too long ago, from 2007 to 2022 Geoff was the Chief Government of the BPI, our UK Commerce Physique for recorded music, the place he led the combat in opposition to piracy and fraud and advocated for the strategic significance of recorded music to jobs, funding and sustaining the UK’s world competitiveness. Previous to becoming a member of the BPI, Geoff was Normal Counsel and Government Vice-President at our world recorded music commerce physique, the IFPI from 2005-2007.

In these roles, Geoff has labored with our firm for a number of years and I’m delighted he’s becoming a member of to assist us efficiently navigate a key second within the historical past of the music business.

So please be a part of me in welcoming Geoff to Sony Music and be happy to achieve out to him with any questions you may need at [Sony Music Entertainment Email Redacted].

Kevin

In the meantime, final week the Recording Academy introduced Grammy submission guidelines round music created with synthetic intelligence, noting that “solely human creators are eligible to be submitted for consideration.” That mentioned, they did supply a caveat: music that options components of AI might be eligible if it meats sure necessities.

Talking to the Hollywood Reporter this week, President and CEO Harvey Mason Jr. mentioned, “We won’t be awarding a Grammy to AI. In the event you’re awarding a Grammy to AI, I’d be uncomfortable and even curious to know who we’re going to offer the Grammy to. So for now, we’re going to … give the Grammy to the human aspect of the creativity.”