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The AI music platform announces transparency tools and new policies following licensing settlements with major record labels.

The AI music startup introduces watermarking, fingerprinting, and stricter community rules as lawsuits mount from major labels and artist groups.

An open-source music classifier developed by Treblo indicates the Billboard Hot 100 track was generated using the company's model, intensifying scrutiny over the song's authenticity.

Entertainment industry splits on AI use, with some writers rejecting the technology while others quietly integrate it into creative workflows, according to Puck's Matt Belloni.

Fender's Edward Cole compared learning cover songs and bandmate collaboration to AI training, igniting fresh criticism after cease-and-desist letters over the Stratocaster design.

Universal, Sony, and Warner propose chart eligibility criteria that would exclude most AI-generated tracks unless they meet vague human-content thresholds.

A wave of copyright lawsuits from creators against major AI companies is forcing courts to define fair use in the age of generative models.

A.G. Sulzberger explains why the Times is spending tens of millions to sue OpenAI and Microsoft, and what journalism's future looks like under AI pressure.

Anthropic's copyright settlement with authors over unauthorized book training data receives final judicial approval, distributing $3,000 per book to over 91% of claimants.

Anthropic's landmark settlement closes a piracy case but leaves AI training copyright rules fragmented across competing court decisions.

Sony Music Entertainment filed a new lawsuit against AI music generator Udio, alleging infringement of more than 30,000 songs after a judge rejected an earlier motion.

A security breach exposes Suno's training pipeline, sourcing millions of tracks from platforms it now faces lawsuits over.

Investigative reporting by The Atlantic uncovered four datasets containing millions of copyrighted tracks used to train AI models, now publicly searchable.

Google refuses to confirm it trained Lyria on YouTube uploads, relying instead on Terms of Service language to sidestep accountability in an ongoing lawsuit by independent musicians.

Warner Music Group acquires Sureel AI to track unauthorized use of artist work in training and generation, pivoting from litigation to technical monitoring.

CNN alleges Perplexity's AI tools reproduce its reporting word-for-word and bypass paywalls, joining a growing roster of publishers pursuing copyright claims against the search startup.

A copyright case against Meta's Llama model now targets individual scientists, potentially shifting personal liability for AI training decisions.

UMG and TikTok commit to removing unauthorized AI-generated tracks and improving artist attribution in renewed agreement.

Five major publishers and author Scott Turow claim Meta built its Llama AI models using books stripped from piracy repositories, a charge that could void a fair-use defense.

AI startup Artisan used KC Green's iconic 'This Is Fine' dog meme in a subway ad without permission, prompting the artist to seek legal representation.

AI-generated tracks have reached 75,000 daily uploads on Deezer alone, exposing a fractured industry response that ranges from honor-system tags to active demonetization.

The Zig programming language project has formalized a documented rationale for rejecting AI-generated code contributions, offering a governance model for the broader open-source ecosystem.

Swift's team filed trademarks for two spoken catchphrases and a stage photo, testing whether trademark law can plug the gap copyright leaves around AI voice cloning.