Charlie Puth joins AI music platform Moises as chief music officer to guide creative direction

Charlie Puth Takes Leadership Role at AI Music Platform Moises

Moises, an AI music technology company, announced Wednesday that Grammy-nominated singer Charlie Puth has been appointed as its chief music officer, a position that will see him guide creative and product direction for the platform 1

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. The move marks a significant collaboration between a mainstream artist and an AI music platform at a time when AI in the music industry remains a contentious topic. "Every musician I know is using Moises, and I've been using it in my own creative process for years," Puth said in a statement, adding that the platform "opens up possibilities that used to take hours or expensive studio setups, whether that's isolating vocals to study technique or experimenting with arrangements in real time" 1

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How Moises Differentiates Itself From Other AI Music Generators

Founded in 2019, Moises has built a user base of 70 million musicians worldwide by offering AI tools for musicians that focus on music production assistance rather than full song generation 1

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. The platform primarily helps users isolate vocals and instruments, detect and change song keys, and identify guitar chords—capabilities essential for remixing or sampling songs 2

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. Co-founder and CEO Geraldo Ramos emphasized that Moises wants to differentiate itself from AI music generators "where you can just bang the keyboard and get a full song" 1

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. Unlike platforms such as Suno and Udio, which allow users to generate complete music recordings with text prompts, Moises offers non-generative AI features focused on vocal isolation and mastering to speed up the recording process 3

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Generative AI Features and Song Stems Technology

Last year, Moises expanded into generative AI by building an AI-augmented music studio that allows users to generate song stems—the individual music files that make up tracks—by inputting text prompts or their own audio snippets as references 1

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. "You can generate building blocks of music with text. So, for example, you can start with a guitar and say, 'I want a bass here that's funky and groovy.' And then it creates a bass that fits your initial input," Ramos explained, adding that "you can't just go from zero to a full song with only one prompt" 1

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. This approach positions Moises as a tool that supports human creativity rather than replacing it, a distinction that matters deeply as debates over AI regulation intensify across the entertainment industry.

Charlie Puth's History With AI Music Technology

Puth has been a public supporter of experimenting with AI music for several years. In 2023, he was among a handful of celebrities including Charli XCX, Demi Lovato, and John Legend who became the first to sign onto an AI music partnership with Google, making his voice available for AI-generated YouTube Shorts soundtracks 1

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. At the time, Puth stated that YouTube understood "the need to work together to develop this technology responsibly, ensuring it will accelerate creativity instead of replacing it" 3

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. Ramos revealed that Puth used the platform ahead of his Super Bowl national anthem performance and to experiment with different keys and other elements for his upcoming album, "Whatever's Clever!" 1

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Growing Trend of Licensing Deals in AI Music Industry

The appointment comes as AI companies increasingly strike licensing deals with talent across sectors to avoid blowback from artists concerned about their voices and likenesses being used without consent 1

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. AI voice generation platform ElevenLabs partnered with actors Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine to license their voices for generative audio uses, while singer Liza Minnelli collaborated on an AI-generated album 1

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. Record labels including Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group signed major licensing deals with AI music studios Stability AI and Udio late last year, settling copyright infringement lawsuits against Udio in the process 1

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. Moises has also struck licensing deals with singers for its own AI voice models, having them record their voices in a studio for around a week, paying for their time and dividing part of the platform's subscription revenue among those singers on a recurring basis 1

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Industry Challenges and Artist Concerns Over AI Regulation

The music industry continues to grapple with how to handle AI-generated content. In 2024, more than 11,000 creative professionals signed an open letter calling for prohibiting using human art to train artificial intelligence without permission 1

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. Harvey Mason Jr., president and CEO of the Recording Academy, told Billboard in December that handling AI-generated or AI-assisted music is "the toughest part of my job" 1

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. Meanwhile, around 6,300 Spotify users voted in a live poll for the platform to "introduce a clear label for AI-generated songs and provide an option to filter them out entirely" 1

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. Geraldo Ramos addressed these concerns directly: "AI should be a brush in the artist's hand, not a paint-by-numbers kit. Championing that human element is our passion and purpose" 3

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. As Puth steps into his new role, the industry will be watching to see whether partnerships between established artists and AI platforms can help shape a future where technology amplifies rather than replaces human creativity.