We’ve seen a growing slate of deals between major labels and AI-music companies that include the former’s publishing arms. Now US music-publishers body the NMPA has announced two of its […]
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American Federation of Musicians sues majors over AI deals
US-based musicians’ union the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) has launched a lawsuit against UMG and WMG over their AI deals.
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Why We Built an AI Music Video Generator That Listens to Songs
In 2021, my co-founders and I began developing the music-vision foundation model that would become Freebeat. The question that drove us, as engineers and lifelong music lovers, was simple: why […]
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Udio reveals details of its licensed AI-music app Starstruck
We all knew that AI-music firm Udio is working on a new service to launch later this year, based on its licensing deals with labels. We also knew that the […]
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AI music roundup: Udio on attribution, Splice, Tamber and more
We could have filled the entire Music Ally site with AI-music stories today. But with so much going on, combining them offers a snapshot.
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AI Roundup: Udio used YouTube music; Meta/Zuckerberg sued for infringement; ElevenLabs raises $500m
The latest filing in the case between Sony Music and generative music AI platform Udio is the latter’s response to Sony, and it contains some pretty meaningful insights. Don’t forget: […]
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Udio signs its latest AI-music licensing deal – with Kobalt
AI-music startup Udio is forging ahead with the deals required to launch its new model later this year. UMG, WMG and Merlin are already on board, and now they have […]
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UMG’s Jonathan Dworkin talks AI: Udio, Nvidia, artists and more
In 2019 (“ish”) Jonathan Dworkin, UMG’s EVP of digital business development and strategy, checked out an AI-music demo at a conference.
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Udio strikes another licensing deal – this time with Merlin
AI-music firm Udio has signed its third significant licensing deal. Its agreement with indie licensing agency Merlin.
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AI-music firm Udio is recruiting a head of artist partnerships
Fresh from signing licensing deals with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group, AI-music startup Udio is now looking to build bridges with the music industry in another way: by recruiting […]
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WMG on AI: ‘This is the moment to shape the business models’
Anything UMG can do, WMG can do… similarly. Not long after its rival signed a deal with Stability AI and settled its lawsuit with Udio – laying plans for a […]
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Udio opens up downloads for 48 hours to stem its user revolt
Last week we reported on a backlash from AI-music firm Udio’s community after it blocked downloads of their generated tracks with immediate effect after striking its deal with Universal Music Group. Now […]
