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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Kelly Burke

Music sector workers to lose nearly a quarter of income to AI in next four years, global study finds

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Artificial intelligence developers and providers in the music industry stand to gain €4bn (up from €0.1bn in 2023), according to the report. Photograph: Krisanapong Detraphiphat/Getty Images

People working in the music sector will lose almost a quarter of their income to artificial intelligence within the next four years, according to the first global economic study examining the impact of the emerging technology on human creativity.

Those working in the audiovisual sector will also see their income shrink by more than 20% as the market for generative AI grows from €3bn (A$4.9bn) annually to a predicted €64bn by 2028.

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