Artificial Intelligence (AI) Archives - Page 2 of 36

Audio Collaboration Startup Highnote Scores $2.5 Million Raise With Support from Dropbox Ventures, Plots AI Buildout

October 23, 2024

Music collaboration startup Highnote has announced a $2.5 million round. Photo Credit: Highnote Music collaboration startup Highnote has announced a $2.5 million raise with support from Dropbox Ventures. New... Read More...

What Major Label Infringement Battle? AI Music Startup Suno Scores Exclusive Timbaland Pre-Release Under Broader Partnership Deal

Dylan Smith

October 22, 2024

Photo Credit: Timbaland What major label copyright infringement battle? AI music startup Suno has inked a partnership deal with Timbaland – including an exclusive pre-release of the 52-year-old’s latest singl... Read More...

Thom Yorke, Björn Ulvaeus, Max Richter, Billy Bragg Among 11,500+ Creatives Demanding ‘AI Training Guardrails’

Ashley King

October 22, 2024

Photo Credit: Growtika With multiple ongoing lawsuits against several AI companies in the United States alone, creatives are taking a stance against their works being used as training data for large language ... Read More...

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Spotify Launches Mobile Custom Playlist Cover Art Creator

Ashley King

October 22, 2024

Photo Credit: Spotify Spotify is bringing custom playlist art creation to mobile with a new feature in beta. Both Free and Premium users can now generate custom art for their playlist creations on mobile. Th... Read More...

Perplexity Faces Copyright Suit Over Alleged ‘Massive’ Infringement of NY Post and Wall Street Journal Articles

Dylan Smith

October 21, 2024

The New York Post printing plant in the Bronx. Photo Credit: Jim Henderson In a case that could establish precedent relevant to multiple music industry lawsuits against generative AI companies, the owners of ... Read More...

Penguin Random House Takes Strong Stance Against AI — No Mistaking This Updated Copyright Language

Ashley King

October 21, 2024

Photo Credit: Penguin Random House (UK CEO Tom Weldon) Penguin Random House has updated its wording on its copyright pages to better protect its authors’ intellectual property from AI uses. The language speci... Read More...

DMN Pro Exclusive

Music Funding Slipped In Q3 2024 to $425 Million — Who’s Still Getting the Startup Cash?

Paul Resnikoff

October 2, 2024

Music Industry Investment by Category, Q3 2024 (Source: DMN Pro) In keeping with existing 2024 trends, third-quarter music industry funding rounds fell well short of their Q3 2023 counterparts in both volume ... Read More...

Gavin Newsom Vetoes AI Safety Bill Despite Overwhelming Hollywood Support

Ashley King

September 29, 2024

Photo Credit: Tim Wildsmith California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes the AI safety bill SB 1047 despite its overwhelming Hollywood support. California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that took aim at ... Read More...

GEMA Eyes Royalties for AI-Generated Derivative Works Under New Licensing Model — Flat Training Payments Are ‘Not Nearly Sufficient to Compensate Authors’

Dylan Smith

September 27, 2024

Are the original creators of musical works used to train AI models entitled to a stake in the resulting derivative songs? Germany's GEMA believes so, and it's announced a new licensing model in pursuit of the ... Read More...

Zuckerberg Weighs In on AI & Copyright Amid Orion Glasses Debut

Ashley King

September 26, 2024

Photo Credit: The Verge YouTube Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg is betting big on AR glasses as the next tech accessory to take over our lives after smartphones. He recently debuted the Orion augmented reality glasses... Read More...

Look Out, Curators — Spotify Expands ‘AI Playlist’ Beta Into the U.S., Ireland, and More

Dylan Smith

September 25, 2024

Spotify has officially brought its AI Playlist feature to the U.S. and other markets. Photo Credit: Spotify Almost six months after launching an AI Playlist beta in the U.K. and Australia, Spotify is bringing... Read More...

If You Liked the Weeknd + Drake Deepfake, You’ll Love This Justin Bieber One About Diddy

Ashley King

September 25, 2024

Photo Credit: Justin Bieber by Joe Bielawa / CC by 2.0 An AI-generated Justin Bieber song with lyrics referencing Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs begins circulating on social media, fooling many listeners into believing i... Read More...