Universal Music Group lets its artists opt into a new ElevenLabs platform that licenses their music for AI use, while keeping it separate from ElevenLabs’ Music API and ElevenMusic generator and continuing parallel work with Udio.
Universal Music Group and ElevenLabs are developing a licensed fan-creation platform for remixes, mashups, alternate versions and personalized vocal experiences from participating artists’ music, with creators promised compensation and new revenue streams.
Prime Video launches groundbreaking AI lip-sync technology that synchronizes actors' mouth movements with dubbed audio, debuting on Maxton Hall Seasons 1 and 2 globally in English, with plans to expand the immersive feature to more titles.
Sony, EMI, and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic, alleging the AI giant illegally torrented thousands of copyrighted songs to train its Claude AI, with internal messages showing employees and co-founders knowingly embracing piracy — including co-founder Dario Amodei allegedly approving torrenting to avoid a 'legal slog' — while Claude continues …
Sony Music Publishing and Warner Chappell are suing Anthropic, accusing the AI company of illegally torrenting and scraping millions of copyrighted songs and sheet music to train its Claude AI model in what they call a 'brazen campaign' of piracy.
Apple Music is launching visible AI song labels later this year, requiring transparency tags on AI-generated tracks, as platform head Oliver Schusser reveals over a third of new monthly uploads are AI-generated, with Spotify also rolling out similar policies amid a broader industry push to combat AI-related streaming fraud.
The Motion Picture Association strikes its first-ever copyright deal with an AI company, reaching a landmark agreement with ByteDance to enforce stronger intellectual property protections in its AI video tool Seedance and image tool Seedream, following allegations that the tools were trained on copyrighted material and generating unauthorized content featuring …
Google's Flow Sessions program unveils short films blending real actors with AI-generated worlds, revealing both the creative acceleration AI offers filmmakers and the ethical tensions surrounding non-consenting artists whose work may have trained the models powering it.
Google wraps its fourth Flow Sessions cohort, unveiling AI-powered short films created by artists who spent six weeks collaborating with Google Flow, the tech giant's generative AI creative studio.
Midjourney strikes back at Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros in a major copyright battle, demanding the Hollywood giants reveal their own internal AI use, arguing the studios may be guilty of the same copyright-infringing conduct they're accusing Midjourney of.