Steffen Holly

Steffen Holly

Steffen Holly (“Sholly”) is a MusicTech evangelist and innovation manager. He leads the Media Management and Delivery (M2D) unit at Fraunhofer IDMT and has over 20 years’ experience across music, audio technology, and digital rights.
The Myth of Musical DNA in Generative AI Outputs

The Myth of Musical DNA in Generative AI Outputs

9 min read Artists’ Rights
The idea that AI-generated music contains a traceable ‘DNA’ of individual training songs is a misconception. Similarity in the output is not proof of origin, but coincidence. Generative models work because millions of inputs dissolve into abstract structures.