All the latest in AI ‘music’

Messy AI generated hands playing a piano, overlayed with pixel art music notes. — People don’t like that they can’t identify AI music. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge

AI has touched every part of the music industry, from sample sourcing and demo recording, to serving up digital liner notes and building playlists. There are technical and legal challenges, fierce ethical debates, and fears that the slop will simply crush working musicians through sheer volume. Is it art or just an output? What exactly is “really active“? Whether it’s a new model or a new lawsuit, we’re covering it all to make sure you don’t miss any major developments.

So follow along as we dig into the latest in AI “music.”

Suno leans into customization with v5.5
The music industry has embraced a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy about AI.
North Carolina man pleads guilty to AI music streaming fraud.
Apple Music adds optional labels for AI songs and visuals
Qobuz is automatically detecting and labeling AI music now, too.
This Chainsmokers-approved AI music producer is joining Google
Google’s AI music maker is coming to the Gemini app
Deezer opens its AI music detection tool to other platforms
ElevenLabs made an AI album to plug its music generator
Bandcamp becomes the first major music platform to ban AI content
Universal Music signs a new AI deal with Nvidia
Musicians are getting really tired of this AI clone ‘bullshit’
Get ready for an AI country music explosion
97 percent of people struggle to identify AI music, but it’s not as bad as it seems
Warner Music Group partners with Suno to offer AI likenesses of its artists
The music industry is all in on AI
No, typing an AI prompt is not ‘really active’ music creation
Suno valued at $2.45 billion in latest funding round as lawsuits loom.
The human behind AI music artist Xania Monet, revealed.
Suno’s upgraded AI music generator is technically impressive, but still soulless
What happens when an AI-generated artist gets a record deal? A copyright mess
Record labels claim AI generator Suno illegally ripped their songs from YouTube
Can the music industry make AI the next Napster?
AI music company Suno acquired a browser-based audio editing tool called WavTool.
The music industry is building the tech to hunt down AI songs
Sabotaging AI music with sick beats.
YouTube’s new AI tool generates free background music for videos
Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on where to draw hard lines around AI in music
Making human music in an AI world
AI music startups say copyright violation is just rock and roll
The music industry’s AI fight
Listen to the AI songs music labels say violate their copyright.
Warner Music Group’s CEO says we might see AI prompt-generated music really soon.
AI-generated music isn’t just a copyright hazard.
How AI is solving one of music’s most expensive problems