Musician Holly Herndon has been thinking about AI music and artists’ rights for a long time, and has some advice for fellow artists.
Tag: Artificial Intelligence
Europe’s AI Act takes next step including training-data rules
Europe may soon become the first territory to craft and pass new legislation on the use of artificial intelligence technologies.
Meta rolls out generative-AI tools for creating Facebook ads
Like every other big tech company, Meta is scrambling to show that it’s at the forefront of generative AI technology, rather than at risk of being disrupted by new companies from that sector.
Google is now letting people play with its MusicLM AI tool
In January this year, Google announced that it had built a new AI model capable of “generating high-fidelity music from text descriptions”.
‘Leaked’ Frank Ocean tracks were actually an AI-generated scam
Here’s more evidence for our theory that the real problem with generative AI is what humans choose to do with it.
WMG boss Kyncl talks streaming payouts and generative AI
Two topics loomed large in Warner Music Group’s quarterly earnings call yesterday. First, CEO Robert Kyncl’s views on current payout models in music streaming, and second, his thoughts on the impact generative AI will have on WMG, its artists and the wider music industry.
AI music startup Boomy reestablishes its pipeline to Spotify
There was good news for AI music startup Boomy this weekend: it has reestablished its distribution pipeline to Spotify.
RAC launches NFT-powered “Cult Pass” for long-term fans
His latest web3 project, the Cult Pass, is described as: “a dynamic, blockchain enabled membership pass based on long-term fan engagement.”
AI music startup Boomy warns of catalogue removals from Spotify
Is a crackdown on AI-generated music by streaming services beginning? Startup Boomy’s distribution pipeline to Spotify has been cut off.
Audius wants to help artists to opt in (or out) of AI music
Audius has added a toggle switch to artists’ settings page that enables them to opt in to allowing interactions with AI-generated tracks.
Trebel Music taps ChatGPT to generate personalised playlists
Trebel Music has been building an audience for its ad-supported ‘offline music’ app in the US, Mexico, Colombia and Indonesia.
Beatport reveals latest partnerships: TuneCore and Pixelynx
Electronic music brand Beatport’s evolution through partnerships continues: it announced its two latest alliances last week.