IAMDDB on Israel Sharing AI Video Using Her Image Without Consent: ‘I Stand for Humanity’
“I do not support genocide, the killing of innocent people, or the suffering of women, children, and families,” singer writes
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Off the Square.
What's happening beyond the Square, where AI meets music. The latest stories from the music press, refreshed through the day.
Claude’s lyrics are diluting real lyrics, say music publishers in latest Anthropic proceedings
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Startups roundup: Moises x SoundCloud, Corite shutdown, FestIndex
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Major labels are getting “massive corporate payouts” for AI licensing but “paying musicians zero”, says AFM’s ‘Human Made Human Paid’ campaign
US performer union AFM has launched a new campaign around AI calling on labels to ensure musician consent is secured before including their recordings in any AI deals. It’s not clear how labels plan to manage those…
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Spotify has blocked 50m ‘slop and spam tracks’ from its recommendations this year
Earlier this month, a report from the Duke Sanford Tech Policy Program poked at Spotify’s policies around AI-generated music.
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Just 4 Noise launches ethically-trained AI kick-drum generator
Your interest level in Just 4 Kicks will depend on how much use you have for kick-drum samples. But even if that’s not your music-making bag, this launch reflects a wider, positive trend in the area of AI music.
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The three big debates around music and generative AI
This Friday, CMU’s Chris Cooke will join a panel discussion at Un-Convention on music and AI. Generative AI models that output music pose lots of questions for the music industry, which can make such discussions…
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New studies explore AI expectations, jobs impact and gender gap
Beyond the AI-music debates that have been gripping our industry, there’s a lot to think about in terms of the other ways AI will affect our jobs and wider society. Several studies published in recent days offer new…
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90,000 synthetic tracks a day: Why Deezer is handing users the ultimate AI ‘kill switch’
Fully AI-generated tracks now make up more than half of Deezer’s new deliveries on peak days, yet just 1% to 3% of its streams.
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