Sony Music has created an executive position to coordinate artificial intelligence

Recording company Sony Music has created a new position - executive vice president of artificial intelligence. Geoff Taylor, former chief executive of the British Phonogram Producers Association (BPI), will take over.

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The new position will include "coordinating its business efforts surrounding artificial intelligence" and "coordinating across the global digital business and business and legal affairs division".

Taylor worked at BPI from 2007 to 2022. There he led the fight against piracy and championed the strategic importance of recorded music for jobs, investment and maintaining the UK's global competitiveness.

Before joining BPI, Taylor was General Counsel and Executive Vice President of the International Federation of Phonogram Producers.

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Source: Billboard