A developer who runs AGenO evaluated nine free AI generators in 2026, including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity, detailing their actual free tiers and hidden limits. The analysis reveals that …
AI-generated art is not about creativity but curation, comparing it to collecting rocks or making playlists. They find emotional resonance in curating specific sounds and vibes that are hard to assemb…
Lawyer and rapper Nick Eziefula reports that AI disputes are increasingly turning into licensing deals, citing Getty Images' agreement with OpenAI and partnerships between A24 and Google DeepMind. He …
TIDAL will strip royalties from fully AI-generated tracks starting July 15, 2026, becoming the first major streaming platform to demonetize such content. The policy, which includes automatic detection…
Tidal will label fully AI-generated music with an "AI" icon starting mid-July and remove fraudulent or deceptive tracks, while also stripping royalties from AI-generated songs to ensure only human-cre…
Tidal will stop paying royalties on tracks identified as wholly AI-generated, effective immediately, and will add an "AI" badge to such tracks starting July 15. The streaming platform aims to ensure r…
TIDAL will allow fully AI-generated music on its platform but will block it from earning royalties, effective June 29. The policy, which also includes AI badges and removal of fraudulent content, aims…
Suno, an AI music startup valued at $5.4 billion, launched a grant program for indie artists that includes a permanent non-disparagement clause, barring participants from ever criticizing the company.…
Suno launched Spark, an incubator program offering grants, mentorship, and marketing support to independent artists, but requires them to agree to controversial terms that critics say restrict critici…
Actor Jeff Bridges demonstrated Suno's AI music generator on Theo Von's podcast, creating a full song from prompts. The platform, which raised $400 million in Series D funding and has a licensing deal…
A developer evaluated four free neural TTS options—edge-tts, Kokoro, MeloTTS, and Bark—for use in CI pipelines without a GPU. edge-tts offers broadcast-quality voices via an unofficial Microsoft endpo…
A growing majority of Dutch people want AI-generated music to be labeled on streaming platforms, with support rising from 59% to over 75% in two years, according to the NVPI Muziekmonitor. The demand …
Prismix, a free status monitor for 77 AI APIs, has been running for six weeks and reveals that AI APIs fail in partial, non-traditional ways. OpenAI has the most incidents, typically resolving in 45–9…
The Atlantic's investigation reveals that tech companies have used at least 15 million videos and millions of songs to train AI models, often without permission. The report highlights the industry's r…
SZA criticized musicians using AI music generators like Suno, alleging producer Diplo has equity in the company and that the technology exploits Black artists. She posted on Instagram that AI models h…
Overture Games, a Chicago-based startup backed by Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, runs after-school AI workshops where students use paper-and-pencil worksheets to brainstorm ide…
The Atlantic published four searchable catalogs proving that millions of copyrighted songs, including hits by Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny, were used to train AI music generators like Suno and Udio. Maj…
The Atlantic published searchable databases revealing that millions of copyrighted songs, including hits from Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny, were used to train AI music models. The investigation highligh…
In September 2025, an AI-generated R&B project called Xania Monet, created by poet Telisha Jones using Suno, reached number one on Billboard's R&B Digital Song Sales chart and secured a $3 million rec…
A new investigation reveals four giant datasets of songs—one containing 12 million tracks—being shared within the AI-development community, used to train AI music generators like Suno. The datasets in…