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Believe Posts 22.2% Q1 2023 Revenue Growth On Strong APAC/Africa Showing, Reveals It’s Exploring Licensing AI Music

April 27, 2023

Believe founder and CEO Denis Ladegaillerie. Photo Credit: Believe Believe (BLV on the Euronext Paris) achieved a 22.2 percent year-over-year (YoY) revenue improvement during 2023’s opening quarter, generatin... Read More...

Tom Brady Threatens Legal Action Over AI Stand Up Comedy — Why Isn’t The Music Industry Responding Similarly?

Ashley King

April 27, 2023

Photo Credit: Erin With Tom Brady is threatening legal action over an AI-generated stand up special featuring his likeness. The comedians behind the creation—Will Sasso and Chad Kultgen—revealed the potentia... Read More...

‘Ghostwriter’ Strikes Again — This Time With a Bad Bunny & Rihanna AI ‘Collab’

Ashley King

April 26, 2023

Photo Credit: Los Capos del Genero TV / CC by 3.0 Another generative AI mash-up has been created by 'ghostwriter,' this time featuring Bad Bunny and Rihanna. The song was uploaded on Tuesday, April 25 thand ... Read More...

Universal Music Group Issues Its Sternest Warnings Yet On AI-Generated Content

Ashley King

April 26, 2023

Photo Credit: Coolcaesar / CC by 3.0 Universal Music Group issues its sternest warnings yet on AI-generated content in its quarterly earnings call amidst solid earnings in 2023. Universal Music Group's earni... Read More...

Introducing ‘Beatly Music’ — Is This The Pirate Bay of AI Music?

Ashley King

April 25, 2023

Photo Credit: Beatly Music AI music is getting ripped down from DSPs like Spotify and YouTube. Now, one site says it aims to be the home of these unauthorized AI creations. Meet Beatly Music. The developers ... Read More...

Grimes Offers a 50% Royalty Split on AI-Generated Songs Featuring Her Voice — And Plans to Issue Payments Through Smart Contracts

Dylan Smith

April 24, 2023

Grimes performing live. Photo Credit: Jordan Uhl If you can't beat 'em, join 'em? Amid continued fan interest in “Heart on My Sleeve,” the unauthorized AI track made to sound like a Drake collaboration with T... Read More...

Is AI Spamming Streaming Services? One ‘Song’ Appears Over 50 Times on Spotify and Elsewhere

Dylan Smith

April 24, 2023

Photo Credit: Markus Winkler Are AI-powered bots attacking Spotify? That’s the question some are asking after one listener uncovered what appears to be a single track uploaded north of 50 times under various ... Read More...

Assistive vs. Generative AI: What’s the Difference and What Are the Copyright Implications?

Raha Ali

April 21, 2023

A sobering chat on AI at CRS (l to r): Rahul Sabnis (EVP, Chief Creative Officer, iHeartMedia), Sean Peace (Founder & CEO of SongVest), David Boehme (CEO, VBO Tickets), Zach Bair (CEO, VNUE), Chris McMurtr... Read More...

Liam Gallagher AISIS, OASIS artificial intelligence album

Hoping for an Oasis Reunion? AI Has a Solution for That — Meet ‘AISIS’

Ashley King

April 20, 2023

Photo Credit: Exit Festival / CC by 2.0 An AI-generated Oasis album has gone viral on social media. Now Liam Gallagher shared his thoughts on 'AISIS.' Described as an 'alternative reality concept album' the ... Read More...

More AI Drake Tracks Are Popping Up on YouTube — ‘Soon New Drake Songs Will Be Dropping Every Hour of the Day!’

Dylan Smith

April 20, 2023

Additional Drake AI songs, besides artificial intelligence works made to sound like releases from other commercially prominent acts, are continuing to arrive on YouTube. Photo Credit: musicisentropy Following... Read More...

‘Heart on My Sleeve’ Reuploads Are Still Making Waves on YouTube — And Underscoring the Need for a Comprehensive Response to Infringing AI Music

Dylan Smith

April 19, 2023

Notwithstanding the explosion of AI music on YouTube, it appears that unauthorized tracks including 'Heart on My Sleeve' are being removed on a video-by-video basis. Duplicate videos of “Heart on My Sleeve,” ... Read More...

24 Hours Later, the AI-Created Drake/Weeknd ‘Collaboration’ Is Spreading Like Wildfire on YouTube

Dylan Smith

April 18, 2023

Photo Credit: The Come Up Show / CC by 2.0 Just one day after Universal Music Group (UMG) forced the removal of an AI-generated "collaboration" between Drake and The Weeknd from YouTube and other platforms, d... Read More...