Archive · 21 Sep 2025
SZA Urges Fans to Shun AI Images, Citing Environmental, Cultural Concerns
SZA, a famous singer, doesn't like AI making pictures or songs of her.
She worries it harms the environment because AI uses a lot of energy, causing pollution.
She also believes that it can negatively impact forgotten communities.
Furthermore, she feels it devalues human creativity and potentially steals from Black artists if the AI generates content that resembles them.
She's asking fans to stop using AI to create things about her and other artists have shared the same view.
SZA is against fans creating AI-generated images or songs using her likeness.
She links AI to environmental damage and harm to underserved communities.
SZA has seen numerous AI-generated images of herself.
SZA questions an AI artist's multimillion-dollar record deal.
Other artists, Kehlani and Chlöe, have also expressed disapproval of AI in creative spaces.
- Who
- Singer SZA and other artists like Kehlani and Chlöe.
- What
- Objecting to the use of AI in creating images and music, particularly those involving her likeness.
- When
- Statements made on and around September 19, 2025.
- Where
- Via Instagram Stories and reports of AI-generated content.
- Why
- Due to concerns about environmental impact, devaluing human creativity, and cultural appropriation.
- Singer
- SZA
- Issue
- AI-generated images and music
- Main Objection
- Environmental and social harm
- Date of Statements
- September 19, 2025
- Other Artists Disapproving AI
- Kehlani, Chlöe