ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,632,516, issued on May 19, was assigned to Music IP Holdings Inc. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"AI-generated music derivative works" was invented by Daniel A. Drolet (Charleston, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for generating derivative works comprises a content derivation platform with at least one processor configured to receive predetermined content and a request to transform it into a derivative work with a requested theme. The system uses generative artificial intelligence to create the derivative work comprising audio, video, or images based on the requested theme. A content approval machine learning model with a neural network ...