Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Miranda Lambert, and more add their names to the fight against AI in music

A growing chorus of artists and allies are speaking out for musicians’ rights as artificial intelligence continues to become more and more prevalent in the recording and entertainment industries.

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Billie Eilish and her brother FINNEAS , Miranda Lambert , Imagine Dragons , Katy Perry , Nicki Minaj , Elvis Costello , Sheryl Crow , Jon Batiste , Camila Cabello , the Jonas Brothers , Jon Bon Jovi , and many more are among a list of over 200 signatories of an open letter submitted by the Artist Rights Alliance , a non-profit comprising "working musicians, performers, and songwriters fighting for a healthy creative economy and fair treatment for all creators in the digital world," according to their official website. They've all signed on in a call to the industry at large, "to cease the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to infringe upon and devalue the rights of human artists."

"When used irresponsibly," the letter states, "AI poses enormous threats to our ability to protect our privacy, our identities, our music and our livelihoods. Some of the biggest and most powerful companies are, without permission, using our work to train AI models. These efforts are directly aimed at replacing the work of human artists with massive quantities of AI-created ‘sounds’ and ‘images’ that substantially dilute the royalty pools that are paid out to artists. For many working musicians, artists, and songwriters who are just trying to make ends meet, this would be catastrophic."

Other names on the massive signatories list include the estates of Frank Sinatra and Bob Marley , Johnny Cash ’s daughter Rosanne Cash , Darius Rucker , The Cure 's Robert Smith , Metro Boomin , R.E.M. , Kim Petras , Greta Van Fleet , Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest , Mumford & Sons , Kate Hudson , Noah Kahan , Doechii , Public Enemy 's Chuck D , Stevie Wonder , Sam Smith , Brothers Osborne , Ja Rule , FLETCHER , OneRepublic 's Ryan Tedder , Smokey Robinson , One Direction -er Zayn Malik , and many more.

While acknowledging the "enormous potential" AI may have when used responsibly, ultimately it says, "this assault on human creativity must be stopped."

The letter goes on to implore those in the industry to "protect against the predatory use of AI to steal professional artists’ voices and likenesses, violate creators’ rights, and destroy the music ecosystem," asking AI developers, technology companies, platforms, and digital music services to "pledge that they will not develop or deploy AI music-generation technology, content or tools that undermine or replace the human artistry of songwriters and artists or deny us fair compensation for our work."

Read the full letter HERE .