The First AI Music Awards

The Sonic Intelligence Academy (SIQA) held its inaugural AI Music Awards at the Mayan Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, where AI persona Xania Monet won artist and song of the year, three of the four top categories. Founded by software engineer Timirah "TJ" James and her sister Mia James, SIQA requires artists to register tracks as fully AI-generated, AI-assisted or human-AI hybrid, and lets registered artists nominate and vote on winners across 25 categories. The event, hosted with a live house band and lip-synced performances, ran behind schedule amid technical difficulties, which founder James promised would be resolved before next year's ceremony.