Suno has launched Speech, a public beta feature that creates AI-generated spoken audio from prompts or custom scripts. The tool can also add background music to the same track. Jess Weatherbed reports for The Verge that Speech is available on Suno’s web platform and mobile apps. The release expands Suno beyond AI music generation into …
Suno is releasing v6, a new generation of AI music models developed with participation from Warner Music Group and BMG. Ashley Carman and Lucas Shaw report for Bloomberg that the company will pay music copyright holders when users create tracks with the new models. The rollout marks a change from Suno’s earlier models, which did …
Suno is preparing new watermarking, fingerprinting and download controls intended to make AI generated music easier to identify and harder to misuse at scale. Terrence O’Brien reports for The Verge that the company outlined the plans in a blog post by chief executive and co founder Mikey Shulman. The measures respond to concerns that AI …
A Munich court has ruled that US AI music company Suno infringed copyrights and must disclose revenue linked to the violations. The decision could increase pressure on AI music providers to negotiate licences with rights holders. Elizabeth Grenier reports for Deutsche Welle that the Munich Regional Court has also ordered Suno to pay damages, although …
AI music platform Suno has closed a $400 million funding round, valuing the company at $5.4 billion. Corbin Bolies reports for Variety that the Series D round was led by Bond Capital, with participation from IVP, Forerunner, Union Square Ventures, Alkeon Capital Management and Quiet. Previous backers Matrix, Lightspeed, Menlo Ventures and Schroders Capital also …
Artificial intelligence is generating music at a scale that is reshaping the streaming industry. French streaming service Deezer reports that 75,000 AI-generated tracks are uploaded to its platform every day, accounting for around 44 percent of all daily uploads. Spotify removed more than 75 million spam tracks in a single year. The surge is driven …
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 …
Record company Hallwood Media has signed a deal with lyricist Telisha “Nikki” Jones, the human creator behind the popular AI-generated R&B artist Xania Monet. Elissa Welle reports for The Verge that the deal highlights significant legal uncertainties surrounding AI and copyright. Xania Monet has over a million listens on Spotify, but her likeness, vocals, and …
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 …