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- Jason Derulo says he doesn't see AI music as a threat to artists yet.
- He said lyrics written by the AI-powered bots still lacked "soul."
- The debate over AI-generated music has been escalating in recent months.
Jason Derulo says he doesn't see AI music as a threat to artists amid growing tensions around the tech's potential impact on the music industry.
Speaking at the Gitex tech conference in Dubai, Derulo said he didn't think the technology was up to scratch despite the hype.
"It's not that good yet," he said. "It still has a very long way to go in terms of writing lyrics. I haven't seen a lyric yet that I was like, oh this is dope."