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YouTube is reportedly talking to major labels for AI music deals
YouTube is reportedly talking to record labels for permission to use more songs for AI clones, according to the Financial Times.
Amazon hit with fresh class action-style suit in UK — $3.4BN in competition damages sought for 200,000+ sellers
Amazon is facing another competition lawsuit in the UK. The latest claim, which was filed Thursday, is seeking more than £2.7BN in damages — or around $3.4BN at […]
This Week in AI: The fate of generative AI is in the courts’ hands
Hiya, folks, and welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. This week in AI, music labels accused two startups developing AI-powered song generators, Udio and Suno, of copyright infringement. […]
Fearless Fund’s founder has resigned and it’s a sad reflection on the VC world for Black women
On Monday, Fearless Fund’s cofounder Ayana Parsons announced that she was stepping down from her leadership role from the firm. She will no longer be its general partner […]
The RIAA’s lawsuit against generative music startups will be the bloodbath AI needs
Like many AI companies, Udio and Suno relied on large-scale theft to create their generative AI models. This they have as much as admitted, even before the music […]
Ilya Sutskever isn’t done working on AI safety
Welcome back to TechCrunch’s Week in Review — TechCrunch’s newsletter recapping the week’s biggest news. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. This week, Ilya […]
‘What’s in it for us?’ journalists ask as publications sign content deals with AI firms
Vox Media’s president, Pam Wasserstein, sent her staff a Slack message and an email on May 29 detailing what the company’s journalists say was shocking news: Vox had […]
All the media companies that have licensing deals with OpenAI (so far)
OpenAI has been busy trying to curry favor (and fighting copyright infringement lawsuits) with media companies to use their content. Here’s a roundup of all the publications that have agreed to licensing deals with the ChatGPT maker.