News YouTube introduced a suite of new AI tools for creators. Here’s what they can do.Platform unveiled various AI-powered tools at its Made on YouTube event
Analysis News Spotify develops AI-powered voice cloning tool that can translate podcasts into multiple languagesThe new AI tool can translate podcasts into additional languages, all in the podcaster’s own voice
News Proposed US bill would allow indie artists to negotiate collectively with streaming services, AI companiesThe Protect Working Musicians Act of 2023 was introduced on Tuesday (September 19)
News Fan engagement app Afterparty.AI secures $5m in new funding, bringing total raised to $12mAfterparty says the money will go towards developing its new AI-powered platform
News TikTok says it’s working on automatic AI content detection, as it rolls out new ‘AI-generated’ label for creatorsTikTok rolls out new tool that will enable creators to label AI-generated content that they upload to the social media platform
Interviews Denis Ladegaillerie on AI, streaming royalty models, Believe’s game plan… and moreThe Believe founder and CEO joins MBW's Tim Ingham on the latest Music Business Worldwide podcast
News Responsibility for AI copyright infringement rests with platforms, and 3 other things we learned from Robert Kyncl’s Goldman Sachs interviewWarner Music Group's CEO participated in a Q&A session on Wednesday (September 6) at Goldman Sachs’ Communacopia + Technology Conference in San Francisco
News Queen’s Brian May on AI threat: ‘2023 will be the last year that humans dominate music.’'Everything is going to get very blurred and very confusing,' says iconic musician in new interview
Analysis HYBE and Geffen want to globalize the ‘K-pop methodology’ – and launch the world’s biggest girl group. Will they succeed?They don't even have a name yet – but HYBE and Geffen's ambitions for their new girl group are sky high
News NetEase Cloud Music’s paid monthly users grew 11% to 41.8m at the end of JuneChina-based music streaming provider has published its H1 earnings results
News Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square stays bullish on Universal Music Group, even vs. AI: ‘The long tail of AI-generated content will likely never be heard and will not displace legitimate artists’ work.’Pershing effectively laughs in the face of concerns raised by analysts earlier this year over AI's threat to UMG
News AI a threat to music? Try telling that to this artist from Costa Rica – who’s just recreated his late father’s voice on a new trackCosta Rican artist Pedro Capmany used AI to record a duet with his late father, the legendary rock singer, José Capmany
News After raising $54m, Futureverse unveils ‘JEN 1’ text-to-music AI generatorFutureverse was formed from the merger of 11 different companies last year
Interviews ‘Generative AI is set to revolutionize the music business.’MBW's Trailblazers series interviews Daouda Leonard, manager of Grimes and founder of Los Angeles-based AI development studio CreateSafe
News AI voice platform Kits.AI, backed by Steve Aoki, Wyclef Jean and more hits 1m ‘voice transformations’Kits.AI also reports to have trained 80,000 voices and amassed 100,000 users