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All the latest in AI ‘music’
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
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Meta’s glasses will turn off the camera if you tamper with the privacy light
Amid public backlash over its smart glasses, Meta announced that it will be updating its glasses with a new feature that will disable the camera when it detects that someone has tampered with or destroyed the glasses’ privacy LED light. The update is meant to address modders who have taken actions such as physically drilling into the LED light.
Meta has previously tried to discourage tampering with the LED light. For example, starting with its second generation glasses, blocking the light with tape or other objects will trigger a prompt asking users to uncover the recording light. However, many modders have found various workarounds for that particular measure.
Meta’s VP of wearables Alex Himel told The Verge that the privacy-focused update was on the way a few weeks ago after launching cheaper Meta Glasses without Ray-Ban branding. At the time, Himel acknowledged that the company was aware of increasing misuse alongside wider adoption of the devices.
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Discord accidentally banned over 8,000 people for posting grids and other ‘benign’ images
Stanislav Vishnevskiy, Discord co-founder and chief technology officer, writes that the bug impacted around 200 users who posted “grid-like” pictures, in addition to about 8,000 people who posted “other benign images” since May 2026. “Everyone affected has now been unbanned,” Vishnevskiy says.
In a thread on X, Discord writes that its safety system is designed to flag content by “matching it against known harmful material.” This system can produce “false positives,” Discord explains, which is when an employee would step in to review the flagged content. But instead of just temporarily preventing the account from uploading content during the review, a glitch led its system to ban users entirely.
“When our staff reviewed and cleared those accounts, the same bug prevented the ban from being lifted automatically, so it just stayed in place,” Discord says.
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Hoto’s PixelDrive screwdriver is down to $60, matching its best price
If your Prime Day purchases included a new desk, TV stand, bookshelf, or other furniture you still haven’t assembled, Hoto’s PixelDrive cordless screwdriver can help speed up the process. It’s currently on sale for $59.99 ($20 off) at Amazon, matching its best price to date.
From tightening loose screws on furniture to repairing electronics, the PixelDrive is designed to handle a wide range of household projects. Hoto includes 30 screwdriver bits that cover many of the most common screw types, all neatly organized in a small cylindrical case. It also offers six adjustable torque settings, allowing you to use less power when working with fragile electronics or increase it when putting together a desk, bookshelf, TV stand, or other furniture. You can also switch between a slower 80RPM mode for more precise work and a faster 200RPM mode with the press of a button.
Hoto also added several features that make assembling projects a little easier. A built-in display lets you quickly check your current torque setting and remaining battery life, while an integrated LED light helps illuminate dim spaces, whether you’re working under a desk or inside a cabinet. The rechargeable 2,000mAh battery also charges over USB-C, so you won’t need to keep buying disposable batteries.
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