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YouTube’s ‘twin engine of ads and subscriptions is firing on all cylinders,’ says Lyor Cohen, as platform makes $8bn+ payout to the music industry over the past year

The figure was shared by Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s Global Head of Music, at the Billboard Latin Music Conference in Miami on Wednesday.

YouTube showcases new AI likeness detection tool

For now, the tool will be available to creators on YouTube, but it's widely expected something similar will roll out for the general public as well

Live music discovery platform Bandsintown reaches 100m registered users

The company says it now has a network of over 700,000 registered artists and 65,000 venues and promoters.

Major music publishers ink AI licensing deals with lyrics and music data company Musixmatch

Musixmatch says it will use the publishers' catalogs to build 'non-generative' AI tools

Facing ‘stream-ripping’ allegations from labels, Suno & Udio weigh in on separate case to challenge ruling that makes YouTube downloading illegal

Now that the majors have accused Suno and Udio of stream-ripping, the AI companies are pushing to have the practice declared legal

Spotify brings music recommendations to ChatGPT via new integration

Spotify Free and Premium users can now link their accounts to ChatGPT and receive personalized music and podcast recommendations directly within their ChatGPT conversations via a new integration.

Record labels could strike ‘landmark’ AI music licensing deals ‘within weeks,’ the FT reports

Universal and Warner are reportedly nearing licensing deals with AI music companies, the FT reports

AudioShake raises $14m for AI tech that can turn any audio file into stems

The company says it has seen a 400% YoY revenue spike, and counts Universal Music and Warner Music among its tech's clients