Spotify is introducing a series of policy changes to manage AI-generated content on its platform. The updates include a new system for labeling AI music, a spam filter to catch fraudulent uploads, and a clearer ban on unauthorized voice clones. Sarah Perez reports for TechCrunch. For labeling, the company will adopt the upcoming DDEX industry …
Major record labels have amended their lawsuit against the AI music generator Suno. The Verge reports that the complaint now alleges Suno illegally downloaded copyrighted songs from YouTube to train its AI. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) claims the startup used a practice known as “stream ripping” to copy the music. According to …
The AI company ElevenLabs has launched a new service, Eleven Music, that allows users to create original songs from text prompts. According to an article by Belle Lin for The Wall Street Journal, the company aims to avoid legal issues by training its model on licensed music. ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski said the startup secured …
A band named The Velvet Sundown has attracted over 850,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, even though it appears to be a complete AI fabrication. According to an article by Ian Bogost in The Atlantic, the group’s music, lyrics, artwork, and member photos are likely machine-generated. Bogost describes the music as neither good nor bad but …
More than 1,000 British musicians, including Kate Bush, Damon Albarn, and Annie Lennox, have released a silent album to protest the UK government’s proposed changes to copyright laws. The album, titled “Is This What We Want?”, features 12 tracks of empty studios and performance spaces, symbolizing the potential impact on artists’ livelihoods if AI companies …
Riffusion, a San Francisco-based AI startup, has introduced a new free web platform that enables users to create original music through artificial intelligence. According to Michael Nuñez at VentureBeat, the platform’s AI model called Fuzz can generate complete songs from text descriptions, audio clips, or visual prompts. The system learns users’ musical preferences over time …
Stanford professor Ge Wang argues that current approaches to AI-generated music fundamentally misunderstand the purpose of artistic creation. In his article published on Stanford HAI’s platform, Wang challenges the notion that AI should primarily serve as a labor-saving tool in creative processes. The professor, who teaches Music and Computer Science at Stanford’s Center for Computer …
Music streaming giant Spotify has been running a secretive program called Perfect Fit Content (PFC) that places low-cost, anonymously produced music on popular playlists, according to an investigation by Liz Pelly published in Harper’s Magazine. The program aims to reduce royalty payments by replacing tracks from known artists with cheaper alternatives on mood and activity …
ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus has raised concerns about artificial intelligence potentially reducing musicians’ revenues by 20% by 2028, according to a new industry report. Daniel Thomas, writing for the Financial Times, reports that the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) study predicts cumulative losses of €22 billion over five years for creators. The …
Nvidia has introduced a new AI model called Fugatto that can generate and modify audio, including music, voice, and sound effects. As reported by Stephen Nellis for Reuters, the technology allows users to transform existing sounds, change voice accents, and create novel audio effects through text prompts. The model, whose name stands for Foundational Generative …