#FirstThingsFirst: Do you care if a song was made using AI or do you just enjoy the music?

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The Siz The World team weighs on what to make of the use of generative AI in producing music, this following a recent online debate about a popular song 'Suka' by Rea Gopane. While generative AI music company Suno, founded just over two years ago, allows users to create entire songs with just a few text prompts. Debates about technology and music have revolved around regulation, lawsuits, and moral positioning, but now that AI artists like Xania Monet and Solomon Ray gaining prominence in 2025, the team debates on whether one should care if a good song was made using generative AI or just enjoy good music.
23 Jan 12AM English South Africa Entertainment News

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