Music & Tech
Suno admits it has not deleted all the recordings used to train its AI, in answer to UMG and Sony’s ‘laundering’ lawsuit
The 44-page answer was filed on Tuesday (October 20) in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and reviewed by MBW. Source
Spotify launches native in-car app with Audi – less than two years after switching off Car Thing
Spotify discontinued Car Thing in 2022, taking a one-time charge of EUR €31 million (around USD $31.4 million) on the device in Q2 2022. Source
Universal Music Group becomes first major music company to license TYGER, which uses AI to adapt songs to gameplay in real time
Select recordings and songs from UMG's recorded music and publishing catalogs will become available on TYGER's paid, on-demand subscription service. Source
How Fred Again helped Apple Music to generate its new visual identity by using audio frequencies to move liquid
“How do we take this idea of music and distill it into something visually beautiful?”
Suno and Anthropic Sued for Copyright Infringement
Reservoir also filed a separate lawsuit against Anthropic in the same court on the same day. Source
Universal Music Group & AI Gaming Company TYGER Announce Licensing Deal
The new agreement allows for UMG songs to be streamed in real-time for gamers.
Former Virgin Music Comms Head Liz Morentin Launches Strategic Communications Agency
Greenvalley Media & Marketing will serve entertainment, media and technology companies and their leaders.
Universal Music Group & AI Gaming Company TYGER Announce Licensing Deal
The new agreement allows for UMG songs to be streamed in real-time for gamers.
Reservoir Alleges AI Firm Suno Copied Over 1,000 Songs
Songs in Reservoir's catalog named in the complaint include Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now, Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire, Madonna's Papa Don't Preach Source
Reservoir sues AI music platforms over alleged copyright infringement
The indie publisher says the AI labs stole songs by Madonna and Johnny Cash to train their models to spit out new ones.
Startups roundup: Moises x SoundCloud, Corite shutdown, FestIndex
AI-music startup Moises has inked its latest partnership, with SoundCloud. It’s a promotional deal that includes a technical integration, with artists on SoundCloud able to export their tracks into Moises for mixing, mastering and stem separation. The post is from Music Ally.
Reservoir sues Suno for copying 1,050 songs, alleging AI firm’s business model was to ‘infringe now’ and ‘settle on the cheap later’
Songs in Reservoir's catalog named in the complaint include Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now, Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire, Madonna's Papa Don't Preach Source
Suno and Anthropic sued by Reservoir for infringing songs by Joni Mitchell, Johnny Cash, Madonna and more
Reservoir also filed a separate lawsuit against Anthropic in the same court on the same day. Source
Reservoir sues Suno and Anthropic for infringing songs by Joni Mitchell, Johnny Cash, Madonna and more
Reservoir also filed a separate lawsuit against Anthropic in the same court on the same day. Source
Reservoir Sues Suno & Anthropic in Latest Lawsuits Over AI Music: ‘Meant to Replace the Artists’
The indie publisher says the AI labs stole songs by Madonna and Johnny Cash to train their models to spit out new ones.
Generative AI in Music: Three Key Debates to Be Discussed
This Friday, CMU’s Chris Cooke will join a panel discussion at Un-Convention on music and AI. Generative AI models that output music pose lots of questions for the music industry, which can make such
Anthropic takes on Meta Muse and OpenAI Dots with Claude Duet
It’s a strange moment for AI and humanity. Lots of headlines about how unregulated frontier-models could kill us all in the next decade – but of course, the big AI firms have some ideas on how that regulation should work – and growing unrest around the impact of the data centres those companies need
PRS introduces Tekton electric guitar series for digital rigs
The Tekton is offered with six or seven-strings, and with a choice of hardware, and it sees the Maryland brand taking on the shred giants at their own game
Grian Chatten expresses surprise at AI use in Fontaines D.C. video
He said it was “fucking ironic” and “contradictory” given the themes of the album
Did Drake Steal “Janice STFU”?
Songwriter Aviel Hirschfield claims his reference track is a smoking gun. Now you can hear the audio that he says proves it