St. Petersburg, Florida, police shut down a street racing event Saturday night, resulting in the arrests of 69 people, many of whom were juveniles, while impounding 23 vehicles.

The St. Petersburg Police Department said a major operation, which was assisted by the Pinellas Sheriff’s Office, Pinellas Park Police and Florida Highway Patrol, was executed to shut down a street racing event at about 10:45 p.m. Saturday.

Dozens of people were gathered in a parking lot between two buildings on Roosevelt Boulevard to watch vehicles perform donuts, burnouts and other types of dangerous street racing activity.

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Investigators learned the event at the parking lot was just a warm-up, and the group planned to take over major intersections in Pinellas County.

When law enforcement officers arrived, they surrounded the parking lot with over 50 patrol cruisers, arresting 69 people.

Police said the 69 people arrested included underaged individuals and a couple who brought their 1-year-old and 3-year-old to the event.

The suspects face charges such as fleeing and eluding and child endangerment, all felonies, as well as street racing, driving with a suspended license and obstruction, all misdemeanors.

Broken down, police issued 57 misdemeanors, 12 felonies and 24 citations.

According to a press release from the St. Petersburg Police Department, the operation was part of an ongoing effort to stop illegal street racing in Pinellas County.

"The participants drive at high rates of speed and display driving stunts that are dangerous for the drivers and onlookers," the release read. "On January 29, 13-year-old Ethan Martin was killed at a street racing event he attended with his father in St. Petersburg."

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Ethan’s father, Johnny Julio Martin, was charged with child neglect after his son was killed when a motorcycle traveling 100 mph crashed as they watched illegal street racing.

As controversy swirls around the use of famous artists' vocals for AI-generated music, Grimes seems to be embracing the use of artificial intelligence in the music industry.

In a tweet Sunday, the 33-year-old Canadian singer, whose real name is Claire Elise Boucher, said she is happy to have her voice featured on AI-simulated music tracks as long as she is compensated with royalties for successful songs.

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"I’ll split 50 [percent] royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice," Grimes, who shares two children with Elon Musk, tweeted. "Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with. Feel free to use my voice without penalty. I have no label and no legal bindings."

Grimes made the offer in response to a headline about a fake AI generated Drake and Weeknd song "Heart on My Sleeve" that went viral over the weekend and was uploaded to Spotify. The song, which used the stars' vocals and was created by a TikTok user utilizing AI software, prompted significant questions about copyright, compensation and the mounting legal implications of AI's role in music creation.

While Drake had no comment on this new single, he previously shared his thoughts about AI on Instagram.

"This is the final straw AI," he shared when an AI-generated clip of him singing Ice Spice's "Munch (Feeling You)" surfaced.

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A prominent record label, Universal Music Group (UMG), also came out against AI-generated music using established musicians' voices. The company, one of the three largest in the world, reportedly sent a letter to Spotify and Apple Music requesting the streaming services prohibit AI companies from accessing music libraries.

Nita Farahany, a leading scholar on the ethical, legal and social implications of emerging technologies, told Fox News on Monday that AI tools in music raise concerns about the role of human creators and the ethical challenges of computer-generated art.

"I think one of the real challenges for us in the days ahead is not just whether or not somebody like Grimes is willing to enter into it, but how do we begin to think about things are created by AI?" Farahany said on "The Story. "Can AI be an author? Is AI a co-author? Is AI an artist? Is the art that is created in fact art? Are we going to be able to tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? And how our brains be able to detect those differences. What is the role of creators and humans going forward? I think a lot of these technologies are progressing so rapidly and so much faster than people can even keep up with the ethics and constraints and safeguards around it.'

As for the legal implications of AI using copyrighted material to produce music, Farahany, who authored "The Battle for Your Brain: Defending the Right to Think Freely in the Age of Neurotechnology," said it can be "very challenging" to hold the software accountable but believes creating a structure that would compensate artists for use of their content or voices is possible.

"A lot of the tools for ChatGBT and generative AI have been trained on a huge amount of what is copyrighted material," she said. "Whether that is for creating songs or creating books and stories. ..?," she said, before adding "It’s impossible for us to really stop the progress in this technology. The question is just how do we harness it for good."

Fox News' Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.