Suno

Suno is getting more advanced, as AI music generator launches v4.5+ update with ‘previously unimaginable’ production capabilities

Version 4.5+ release introduces three new features that Suno calls 'first-of-their-kind professional audio production tools'

Paul Sinclair joins AI platform Suno as Chief Music Officer

Sinclair most recently served as General Manager and EVP of Warner’s Atlantic Records

BandLab now allows artists and rightsholders to signal interest in AI licensing

The expanded BandLab Licensing platform lets artists, labels, and publishers mark tracks as 'Open to AI licensing'

That AI artist with over 1M listeners on Spotify? His music was created with Suno, says expert report

The creators behind Aventhis and other AI 'artists' might not actually own the rights to the music they upload to streaming platforms

AI music platform Suno acquires WavTool, moving into DAW market

WavTool's browser-based DAW technology will be integrated into Suno's existing AI music generation platform.

Udio, still battling copyright lawsuit from music majors, launches AI ‘visual editing workstation’

'Sessions' allows users to manipulate song structures by moving, extending or replacing sections within tracks.

Suno and Udio hit with class action lawsuits from independent artist

Justice is accusing the AI companies of using recordings and works from “thousands of class members” without authorization to train their AI models.

Timbaland launches AI music company Stage Zero, with first AI artist, TaTa

The new venture, called Stage Zero, launched with its first signee, TaTa.

Suno upgrades AI Song Editor, as labels reportedly push for Content ID-style fingerprinting in licensing talks with AI music platforms

As record companies push for input over what sorts of tools AI music platforms develop, Suno is forging ahead with new capabilities

Labels in licensing talks with AI music generators Suno and Udio (report)

Reported talks arrive a year after the majors sued Suno and Udio for copyright infringement

Suno upgrades AI music generator with enhanced vocal capabilities, extended track length

The v4.5 update allows users to create mashups combining different genre styles, and extends maximum song lengths to 8 minutes from 4 minutes

Udio and Audible Magic team up to tackle rights management in AI-generated music

A “content control pipeline” will allow streaming services and distributors to identify AI-generated tracks from Udio’s platform

AI unicorn Anthropic raises another $3.5bn, boosting valuation to $61.5bn

The Series E round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, also an investor in Stability AI and AI music generator Suno

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$500m-valued Suno has admitted training AI on copyrighted music. That hasn’t stopped Amazon from adding its controversial tech to Alexa

The new voice assistant is also integrated with the Claude chatbot from Anthropic, an AI company facing a copyright lawsuit from music publishers