Ne-Yo Confused About His Label Signing A.I. Artist TaTa

Ne-Yo gets his breaking news from TMZ, because our photog clued him in to the fact one of his music labels signed an A.I. artist … and he told us why it could be a good thing for humans.

We got Ne-Yo at LAX, and our photog asked him about his Pan-Asian music and entertainment company, Pacific Music Group, signing Timbaland‘s A.I. artist TaTa Taktumi.

Ne-Yo said he didn’t sign off on the deal and didn’t even know about it … but he says it’s cool in his book, as long as human beings are writing the lyrics and producing the songs.

Timbaland’s A.I. company Stage Zero created TaTa, and a press release announcing the deal says an artist with Filipino heritage created TaTa … so it sounds like humans are involved here.

Watch the full video … Ne-Yo tells us folks who give A.I. prompts to create music are “cheating” … so it sounds like as long as people are the ones doing the heavy lifting and the A.I. artist is just the voice, that’s kosher as far as Ne-Yo is concerned.

TaTa’s music is going to be released in Asia … and it will be interesting to see how it’s received.