ElevenLabs has launched “The Eleven Album,” featuring original music from established artists including Liza Minnelli and Art Garfunkel, created in collaboration with the company’s AI music generation system. The project marks one of the first large scale partnerships between artificial intelligence technology and professional musicians, Todd Spangler reports for Variety. The album features tracks across …
Adobe has expanded Acrobat with new AI features that allow users to generate presentations and podcasts from documents, edit PDFs through conversational prompts, and collaborate more effectively. These capabilities are bundled in Acrobat Studio, which combines PDF tools from Acrobat with content creation features from Adobe Express. The company now enables users to create presentations …
Meta Platforms is introducing a new artificial intelligence model called SAM Audio that simplifies sound editing through simple prompts. This tool allows users to isolate or remove specific sounds from complex recordings with ease. Mike Wheatley reports for Silicon Angle that the model is now available through the Segment Anything Playground. The technology functions similarly …
Warner Music Group has announced a partnership with the AI music generator Suno, settling a previous copyright infringement lawsuit. Murray Stassen reports for Music Business Worldwide. The two companies will collaborate on developing new licensed AI music models. According to the announcement, the deal gives artists and songwriters full control over the use of their …
The AI music platform Suno has raised $250 million in a new funding round, bringing its valuation to $2.45 billion. Kristin Robinson reports for Billboard, citing an investor pitch deck that outlines the company’s rapid growth and future plans. Suno claims its users create a volume of music equivalent to Spotify’s entire catalog every two …
Warner Music has settled a lawsuit with the artificial intelligence startup Udio and entered into a licensing agreement, according to people familiar with the matter. This deal allows Udio to use music from Warner’s extensive catalog, which includes artists like Ed Sheeran and Madonna. Anna Nicolaou reports for the Financial Times that the agreement paves …
The AI music startup Klay has secured licensing agreements with all three major record labels: Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group. Lucas Shaw reports for Bloomberg that Klay is the first AI music service to sign deals with all three. The company is building a streaming platform that will allow users to …
A startup with just eight employees is using artificial intelligence to generate 3,000 podcast episodes each week. The company, Inception Point AI, has already published over 175,000 AI-generated episodes on platforms like Spotify and Apple. Tess Patton reports for The Wrap that the company’s podcast network, Quiet Please, has achieved 12 million downloads and attracted …
Actors Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have partnered with AI audio company ElevenLabs to create digital replicas of their voices. Todd Spangler reports for Variety. McConaughey is investing in the New York-based company and using its technology to produce a Spanish-language version of his newsletter “Lyrics of Livin’” in his own voice. He has worked …
Major players in the music and gaming industries are moving from legal disputes over copyright to strategic collaborations with generative AI companies. This shift focuses on creating licensed AI tools that ensure artists and rights holders are compensated and maintain control over their work. A key example is the recent settlement between Universal Music Group …