Céline Dion’s voice was cloned without his knowledge. Warned, the Canadian singer published a message on her Instagram account for her fans to prevent them from being fooled. “It has been brought to our attention that unprecedented music, generated by artificial intelligence and supposed to contain the musical performance, the name and image of Céline Dion, currently circulating online and on various digital service providers”, can be read in a message published by its teams.
“We inform you that these recordings are false, that they have not been approved and that they are not songs from Céline Dion’s official discography,” said the press release.
This warning comes as artificial intelligence is increasingly interfering in the creative work of artists. In April 2024, more than 200 artists, including Billie Eilish, Kacey Musgraves, J Balvin, Ja Rule, Jon Bon Jui, Les Jonas Brothers, Katy Perry and Miranda Lambert, signed an open letter calling for protecting artists, recalls CNN.
Shortly before the start of the 3rd summit for the action on artificial intelligence in Paris last February, 34,396 artists and creators also signed a platform alerting the perverse effects of AI. “The use without our consent of our talent and our work (…) represents an unacceptable attack on respect for our works and our artistic work, wrote the signatories. However, it is clear that our works and interpretations are used today by AI systems (…) without our authorization and without any financial counterpart. »»
Céline Dion, who suffers from the rare person’s syndrome (SPS), a serious neurological disease that causes muscle spasms in particular, was forced to put her musical career on a long time, before returning to the front of the stage during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games by reinterpreting “The Hymn to Love” by Edith Piaf. A song available on platforms, and officially this time.