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A North Carolina musician, identified as Daniel M. M. of Charlotte, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for orchestrating a sophisticated streaming royalty fraud scheme that defrauded music platforms of over $10 million.

Threat actors are employing ClickFix-like lures to distribute a newly identified remote access trojan (RAT) named ChainScript. This RAT has been observed under various build names, including ComponentTask33, UpdateDigital, HostShared, and OrchidViolet66.

A new startup named A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya, founded by a former executive from Spotify, has launched a series of experimental music applications. These applications are designed to actively involve users in the music-making process, eschewing the trend…

Search engine optimization (SEO) professionals are increasingly encountering a backlash against "AI slop," a term describing low-quality, AI-generated content that floods online platforms. This trend is prompting major platforms, including Spotify and LinkedIn, to implement stricter measures against such content.

The proliferation of AI-generated music is creating a significant stir within the music industry, prompting discussions about its impact on artists, listeners, and streaming platforms. This surge in AI music creation has led to a notable backlash from both creators…

Spotify has initiated a policy to label music created by artificial intelligence and has started removing AI-generated artists from its recommendation algorithms. This move, announced on August 14, 2024, aims to distinguish human-created music from AI-generated content and to prioritize…

Spotify is implementing a new policy to identify and flag artist profiles that are built around AI-generated identities, with the changes set to roll out starting in mid-September. This initiative aims to provide transparency to listeners regarding the nature…

Spotify, the world's largest music streaming platform, announced on August 11, 2026, a new policy to distinguish artificial intelligence (AI) generated artists from human performers. This initiative involves the creation of an "AI persona" label, which will be prominently displayed…

Spotify has announced a significant policy shift, set to begin rolling out globally in mid-September 2024, which will involve labeling and de-prioritizing music created by artificial intelligence (AI) personas. This new measure aims to enhance transparency for its vast user…

Music streaming service Spotify is set to introduce a new "AI Persona" badge, which will be displayed on the profiles of artists identified as non-human. This initiative aims to address growing concerns about the proliferation of AI-generated music…

Spotify is implementing a new policy to label accounts that appear to be generated by artificial intelligence, aiming to address concerns about AI-generated music flooding the platform. This initiative, announced by the company on a Tuesday, is set to begin…

Spotify announced on April 23, 2024, that it will implement a new policy to label artist profiles generated by artificial intelligence as “AI Persona.” This initiative aims to provide transparency to users regarding the origin of the music they encounter…

Suno, a prominent platform for generating music using artificial intelligence, has announced plans to implement watermarking technology across all its audio outputs. This initiative aims to address the growing challenge of differentiating AI-generated content from human-created works, a concern increasingly…

A new startup, founded by former Spotify employees, has raised $10 million in seed funding to develop an artificial intelligence platform aimed at revolutionizing e-commerce personalization. The company's core technology is designed to predict a shopper's next desired product…

Spotify announced a significant licensing partnership with Merlin, an independent music network, on its second-quarter earnings call, to support an upcoming artificial intelligence project. This collaboration aims to integrate over 30,000 independent labels and distributors into a new framework…

Spotify has announced a significant expansion of its AI-powered remix and covers project, with Merlin, a global digital music licensing partner representing over 30,000 independent labels and distributors, joining Universal Music Group in backing the initiative.

The global music industry, represented by major record labels, is advocating for a significant policy change to address the proliferation of AI-generated music on streaming platforms and charts. The core proposal is to disqualify AI-created tracks from appearing on official…

Over the past decade, streaming services primarily focused on dominating single content formats such as music, video, podcasts, or audiobooks. This competitive landscape is now shifting as artificial intelligence (AI) technologies facilitate easier content creation, organization, and personalized recommendations.

Singer Lorde has publicly voiced her disapproval of Spotify's new "About the Song" feature, which utilizes artificial intelligence to provide context and information about music playing on the platform. The feature, currently in beta, aggregates details from third-party sources…

Singer Lorde publicly criticized Spotify's implementation of AI-generated song descriptions, expressing her strong disapproval on Instagram. She stated, "We Don't Want This," in response to an "inaccurate" AI summary of her song "Current Affairs."