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Sony Music and Warner Sue Anthropic Over Alleged Mass Music Piracy to Train Claude
Major music publishers claim the AI company behind Claude illegally torrented and scraped millions of copyrighted songs, lyrics, and sheet music. A previous case already cost Anthropic $1.5 billion.
Sony Music and Warner Chappell Sue Anthropic for Billions Over AI Training Data
The lawsuit names Anthropic co-founders personally and alleges employees downloaded millions of pirated books and scraped licensed song lyrics to train the Claude AI.
EDM Producers Are Fighting Back Against AI-Generated Music Flooding Their Scene
Two producers are publicly calling out tracks they believe were made by AI tools, and paying a personal price for it. Here is what is actually at stake for working musicians.
Australia bans AI-generated songs from its music charts
The country's peak music body now requires every charting song to be 'substantially human made', after an AI-assisted Madonna cover reached number two nationally.
AI-made music is creeping into the charts. Nobody can agree on what to do about it.
A rap artist's eerily off-sounding synth-pop single hit No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and racked up 35 million Spotify streams. The music industry is still trying to figure out what that means.
D'Addario Admits It Used AI Music Tool Suno in Guitar String Demo, After Weeks of Denial
The guitar string maker spent nearly two weeks insisting the track was real. It wasn't. Here's what happened and what the company says it will do differently.
Spotify Will Flag AI-Generated Artists and Keep Their Music Out of Your Recommendations
Starting next month, a new badge will appear on artist profiles where the identity is AI-generated rather than a real person. Their music will also stop appearing in Spotify's playlists and suggestions unless you choose to follow them yourself.
Suno Is Adding Watermarks to AI Music and Cutting Back on Free Downloads
The AI music platform wants to prove it can be a responsible player in the industry. Here is what is actually changing, and what it means if you use the service.
Suno Will Start Watermarking AI Songs as Legal Pressure Mounts
The AI music platform is adding hidden audio fingerprints, tighter download rules, and new copyright-detection software. The moves come as Suno fights lawsuits from major labels, a German court ruling, and a data breach affecting 55 million users.
AI Music Tool Treblo Says Its Own Detector Found Its Fingerprints All Over Fenix Flexin's Hit 'Rubberz'
The company built a classifier to spot songs made with its technology. The first song it flagged with high confidence may be on the Billboard Hot 100.
An AI Music App's Own Detector Is Now Flagging Two Rappers' Songs as AI-Generated
Fenix Flexin and Tyga both denied using AI to make their retro-synth tracks. Then the app they allegedly used built a detector and ran the songs through it.
Fender's CEO Said Cover Songs Are 'Analog AI'. Guitar Players Are Not Happy.
Edward 'Bud' Cole compared learning cover songs and jamming with bandmates to how AI trains on data. The backlash was swift, and the timing could not be worse for the guitar brand.
Major Record Labels Want AI Songs Banned From the Charts Unless They Pass a Human Test
Universal, Sony, and Warner have drafted rules that would strip fully AI-generated tracks from official music charts worldwide, but the key phrase 'substantially human made' remains undefined.
Sony Sues Udio Over More Than 30,000 Songs in Major AI Music Copyright Case
After a judge blocked Sony from expanding its original lawsuit, the record label has filed a fresh case targeting a vast catalogue of tracks the AI music tool allegedly copied without permission.
An Australian song hit No 1 on radio. Now people are asking if AI made it.
Josh Fawaz's cover of 'Like a Prayer' climbed to the top of Australia's national airplay chart. Music experts say it sounds like generative AI produced it, not a human.