UMG and Hook build licensed fan remixes around original recordings
Artists can choose which songs and remix actions are available, while Hook tracks and attributes the resulting social content.
What’s happening in AI music
Important releases, creative work, rights decisions and industry shifts — explained clearly and linked to the original sources.
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Beatport will reject fully or mostly AI-generated tracks
AI-assisted releases remain eligible, but Beatport says tracks that are fully or predominantly generated will be withheld during ingestion.
Untitled's founders say AI makes musical choices more visible
Dan Lilienthal and José Chayet argue that easier generation shifts attention toward taste, process and the unreleased versions behind a finished song.
Round Hill sues Suno and Anthropic over music used for AI training
The publisher says hundreds of controlled works were used without authorization. The complaints add a separate composition-rights front to the continuing AI training disputes.
AI International Music Video Festival held its August screening — winners are not public yet
The Hollywood program combined screenings, creator Q&As and an awards reception. The organizer has not posted an August winner list.
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R² makes AI part of the live instrument, not a finished track
Reinier Zonneveld’s festival project puts a model trained on his own archive inside an unpredictable stage system.
Tyga confirms AI was used on $TARFACE — but not how much
The rapper says the writing and vocals are his. The missing detail is which musical elements were generated and how they reached the finished album.
The AI-music argument has moved from novelty to trust
A Guardian survey of the current conflict and Brian May’s failed Queen remake show why audiences are judging context, not only output quality.
MiniMax releases Music 3.0 as an open-weights full-song model
The new model accepts a concept and optional lyrics, targets complete arranged songs and ships weights for local or hosted deployment.
Spotify signs Merlin and Kobalt for its planned AI remix feature
The future paid add-on will let listeners make licensed covers and remixes from participating catalogues, with rightsholder opt-in and compensation.
Korin AI asks what music generation looks like when built in Nigeria
New research treats the platform as neither a simple success story nor a copy of Western music AI.
BMG and Suno settle past use and agree on a licensed AI-music partnership
Participating BMG artists and songwriters are promised consent and compensation as Suno prepares its first model developed with music-industry partners.
Boy George's AI-assisted song triggers a platform and band dispute
The singer disclosed AI use on We Will Dance Again. Bandcamp removed the track, and he later said bandmates unwilling to perform it would be fired.