Music & Tech
A bill in France would force AI firms to prove they didn’t use copyrighted content to train their tech. The country’s music biz is urging lawmakers to pass it
The law would reverse the burden of proof in copyright disputes involving AI in France Source
CORTIS’ ‘GREENGREEN’: All 6 Tracks Ranked
The BIGHIT MUSIC group's second EP turns studio routines, restless instinct and self-definition into the outline of a sharper sound.
A Canadian fiddler is suing Google for $1.5million after AI Overview wrongly said he was a sex offender
He says the false claims have left him “fearing for my own safety going on stage”
Ableton Live 12.4 is out now, with Link Audio and updated Erosion, Delay and Chorus-Ensemble devices
Link Audio allows users to stream multi-channel audio between compatible devices over a local network in real time
“Isolate or remove instruments from any song… Remove the guitar and step into the player’s shoes”: With AI stem separation, component-level modelling, and access to 200,000+ neural captures, Blackstar says the Beam Mini “redefines” the desktop amp
Introduced at NAMM 2026, the Beam Mini ups the ante for the digital practice amp, giving players access to AI-driven practice tools, Tone3000 NAM captures and top-class modelled sounds
Feedback MTUK x AFEM: a music tech pitch competition for electronic labels and publishers
Feedback is Music Technology UK's recurring pitch competition for music tech founders. AFEM is teaming up with MTUK on this one to put electronic music labels and publishers at the centre of the room. Tuesday 19 May, 18:00 to 22:00 BST, at H.O.M.E in London. Four founders pitch live to a panel of se
YouTube allows creators to replace music with copyright issues with genAI songs
US-based YouTube creators who are finding their videos struck down by pesky content ID claims due to the use of copyright-protected music can now generate replacement instrumental tracks in the back-end of the site, YouTube Studio. The “replace song” tool will now include a “create” button. Users fr
Steven Soderbergh used AI in upcoming John Lennon doc working with Meta
The film will debut at this month's Cannes
Suno reportedly looking to raise $1/4 billion+ in latest funding round
Only six months ago, GenAI music platform Suno announced a $250m Series-C funding round. That valued the company at $2.45bn and took its total funding (post seed and Series A rounds) to $375M. Now, Billboard reports, Suno is looking for another round of funding – that’s Series-D for those of you kee
“I asked Sean and he said, ‘Oh, he would’ve wanted to engage’”: Steven Soderbergh on his John Lennon doc and its use of AI
It won’t try to bring Lennon back to life, he insists
“An ‘instrument’ rather than a ‘synthesizer’”: Buchla Ziggy is a desktop analogue West Coast synth available for (just) under $1000
Complex oscillators and audio-rate modulation meets digital mod routing and effects in Buchla’s surprisingly approachable new monosynth
Suno is raising another $250 million+ at a $5 billion valuation (reports)
Suno will likely raise above $250 million, the same amount that it pulled in during its Series C just six months ago, sources told Billboard. Source
Quavo & Offset Reunite in the Studio After Fueling Migos Album Speculation
The Atlanta natives are working together again after the duo appeared to tease a Migos tribute project.
Cometa Launches The $15K M2 Rotary Mixer For High-End DJ Booths
Cometa has officially launched the M2, a limited-run rotary blending amplifier and high-performance club mixer built for DJs, engineers, collectors, and hi-fi users who want analog control with a serious component list behind it. The Los Angeles-based audio design house is producing 300 units, price
Udio admits to scraping YouTube audio for AI training in answer to Sony Music lawsuit
Udio admitted that its models were trained with “a vast amount of different kinds of sound recordings” gathered from publicly available sources. Source
It Looks Like Kid Rock’s Apache Helicopter Fly Around Was Turned Into a Hype Video For His Tour
In the middle of the Iran war, Defense Sec. Hegseth took time out last week to film the pump-up video for pal Rock's Freedom 250 outing using super-expensive U.S. Army hardware.
Alex Ligertwood, Former Singer for Santana, Dead at 79
His tenure with the group included the recording of 6 studio albums as well as fronting the group during their appearance at 1985's Live Aid. Alex Ligertwood, Former Singer for Santana, Dead at 79 Langdon Hickman
YouTube creators hit by music copyright claims can now replace tracks with AI – at the touch of a button
The update, announced via YouTube's Creator Insider channel on Friday (May 1), adds a new "Create" button to the existing "Replace Song" tool in YouTube Studio on desktop. Source
Now almost half of all songs uploaded to Deezer are AI
The AI content accounts for less than three per cent of listening time, however
Suno In the Midst of Series D Funding Round Following $250M Raise in November
The new funding round is expected to match or better the company's prior raise, announced just six months ago.