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Music industry organisations call on EU institutions to back transparency obligations in new AI Act

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Music industry organisations call on EU institutions to back transparency obligations in new AI Act

A coalition of organisations representing creators and copyright owners have called on all the institutions of the European Union to…

Chris Cooke • 20 Jul 2023

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Universal Music calls for federal publicity right and more transparency in latest AI hearing in US Congress

Universal Music called for the introduction of a US-wide publicity right during the latest Congressional hearing on artificial intelligence yesterday.…

Chris Cooke • 13 Jul 2023

UK Music sets out proposals for AI regulation in letter to government

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UK Music sets out proposals for AI regulation in letter to government

The boss of cross-sector trade group UK Music, Jamie Njoku-Goodwin, has written to Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer urging the UK…

Chris Cooke • 12 Jul 2023

Sarah Silverman joins authors in suing ChatGPT for copyright infringement

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Sarah Silverman joins authors in suing ChatGPT for copyright infringement

Comedian and writer Sarah Silverman has joined with fellow authors Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey to file copyright lawsuits against…

Chris Cooke • 11 Jul 2023

Sony Music appoints former BPI boss to senior AI role

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Sony Music appoints former BPI boss to senior AI role

Sony Music has appointed the former CEO of UK record industry trade group BPI, Geoff Taylor, to the newly created…

Chris Cooke • 26 Jun 2023

UK Music sets out priorities for regulation of music-making AI

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UK Music sets out priorities for regulation of music-making AI

The boss of cross-sector trade group UK Music, Jamie Njoku-Goodwin, last week set out the British music industry’s priorities…

Chris Cooke • 26 Jun 2023

Paul McCartney confirms nothing “artificial” about upcoming AI-assisted Beatles release

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Paul McCartney confirms nothing “artificial” about upcoming AI-assisted Beatles release

Paul McCartney has clarified what he meant when he said that a final Beatles record has been created “using AI”…

Chris Cooke • 23 Jun 2023

Meta trained music-making AI tool on “20,000 hours of licensed music”

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Meta trained music-making AI tool on “20,000 hours of licensed music”

Meta has confirmed that an AI-powered music generator that it started demoing last week was trained using 20,000 hours…

Chris Cooke • 13 Jun 2023

Noel Gallagher not impressed by AI-generated Oasis album that his brother called “mega”

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Noel Gallagher not impressed by AI-generated Oasis album that his brother called “mega”

Noel Gallagher has commented on the AI-generated Oasis album that his brother Liam previously described as “mega”. And if you…

Andy Malt • 05 Jun 2023

Universal Music again demands streaming platform support over AI-created music as fake Drake goes viral

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Universal Music again demands streaming platform support over AI-created music as fake Drake goes viral

Universal Music has again called on the streaming platforms to play their part in ensuring that generative AI tools are…

Chris Cooke • 18 Apr 2023

Universal Music urges the streaming services to ensure their platforms aren’t being scraped by music-making AI tools

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Universal Music urges the streaming services to ensure their platforms aren’t being scraped by music-making AI tools

It has emerged that Universal Music recently sent a letter to the big streaming services expressing concerns that the makers…

Chris Cooke • 13 Apr 2023

Tech leaders and academics call for six month pause on development of advanced AI technologies

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Tech leaders and academics call for six month pause on development of advanced AI technologies

A stack of tech industry bosses and founders, as well academics, researchers and lobbying organisations, have signed a letter calling…

Chris Cooke • 30 Mar 2023