LOS ANGELES: And the award goes to … AI music. The first AI Music Awards ceremony in the US on Friday celebrated the people who created songs at least partly with AI, a field that has sparked criticism and lawsuits while also gaining millions of streams and landing on music charts.

At Fridays event in downtown Los Angeles, human presenters and winners argued that artificial intelligence-created music should be viewed as part of a new genre that requires real-life artistry as well as hours of prompting to get the right sound.

“In a world where everybody calls AI fake, the human behind it is real,” said music producer Drake Murphy as he presented the award for best AI hip-hop song.

Published in Dawn, November 15th, 2026