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The crack of a bat accompanied by a roar from the crowd can capture a baseball fan’s attention, even if they miss seeing the home run. Humans may be visual creatures, but we also perceive the world around us by listening to it. To improve artificial perception, MIT Professor Paris Smaragdis SM ’97, PhD ’01 seeks
Authentic Brands Group says AI company infringed on rights of songs by the King such as Can’t Help Falling in LoveThe owners of Elvis Presley’s music catalogue are suing artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic for allegedly using Presley’s songs to train their models without permission.Authentic Brands Group, the licensing organization that has ownership of both
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Enthusiasts like Grimes and A$AP Rocky may embrace AI-generated content, but they won’t produce it themselvesStreaming services, notable musicians and fans are confronting the growing presence of AI-generated music and drawing lines in the sand.On Tuesday, Spotify announced it had removed some 50m songs considered AI slop from its recommendations to users over the past
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As SpaceX impacts Ukraine and AI-generated music divides artists and fans, critics are asking what happens when technology has too much control over our livesThis was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Sign up to receive it hereHello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at
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Of the dozens of countries approached to water down their laws, Australia appears to be the only one considering it, publishers’ group saysGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastAI has already been trained on the works of Australian artists including Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave without compensation, the peak global body
People describe their return to physical media – whether to protect data, support artists, or retain control of one’s choices For some, it is the security of knowing they have a physical copy of their favourite films and music, free from algorithms, interruptions and the vagaries of streaming. For others, it is the sound of
Readers have advice for a cross-party committee of MPs looking into the UK’s poor record at the song contestI agree with Laura Snapes that the very last thing we need is MPs’ questionable tastes entering the murky waters of the UK’s Eurovision song choice (What do you think of the MPs’ inquiry into UK Eurovision
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Unit1 hopes to offer cheaper version of shows such as Abba Voyage, showcasing living and dead artists in any venueThe former chief executive of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s entertainment group has obtained a near-£15m investment for his UK music tech startup that hopes to recreate classic concerts by manifesting musicians as digital avatars.Unit1 was set up
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AI company faces multi-billion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models All AI wants for Christmas is a vast back catalogue of songs without paying for it, according to a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the startup behind the Claude chatbot.Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell, music publishers who manage the copyright of
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Despite outcry from musicians, AI slop is creeping into the charts as record labels scramble to adapt to a new normal where hits can be made at the click of a buttonThis year, the battle for song of the summer has been eclipsed by a much more complicated – some would even say disturbing –
‘I feel like I’m at war’: are we losing the battle against machine-made music? Read More »
