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- 07 Nov
AI Music News 07 NovGrimes joins AI-generated film Gods Don't Give Gifts with her voice and likeness, in US theaters December 4
- Grimes joined the cast of the AI-generated film Gods Don't Give Gifts on November 5, 2026, as a character called Zayinth Alda.
- The film's visuals are AI-generated, but Grimes' voice and dialogue are not, and her likeness is used for the character.
- Director Zack London, who runs the YouTube channel Gossip Goblin, says about 2 dozen cast and crew worked on the film.
- 07 Nov
AI Music News 07 NovNewJeans' contracts let ADOR license AI voice clones of the members after 2029, The New York Times reports
- The New York Times obtained and published NewJeans' contracts with ADOR, the HYBE subsidiary, on November 5, 2026.
- The contracts reportedly let ADOR use and license the members' voices indefinitely after the deals expire in 2029, including AI voice clones and chatbots.
- The members would be paid but would have no say in how their voices are used, and legal experts told the Times the clauses may not hold up in court.
- 07 Nov
AI Music News 07 NovNine Inch Nails quietly used L-Acoustics' Source Intelligence on Trent Reznor's vocals on the Peel It Back Tour
- Nine Inch Nails front of house engineer Jamie Pollock used L-Acoustics' Source Intelligence for the first time on the Peel It Back Tour, Billboard reported in its November 7, 2026 issue.
- Source Intelligence is nongenerative machine learning that identifies a singer's voice in a mic signal in real time and removes everything else.
- L-Acoustics says it removes up to 40 dB of non-voice sound, with under 8.5 ms of latency over MADI.
- 07 Nov
Tutorial 07 NovHow to upload MIDI to Suno Create: export, attach and prompt a .mid file in 6 steps
- Suno added MIDI uploads to Create on November 4, 2026, for Pro and Premier plans on desktop web.
- You can drag a .mid or .midi file onto the Create prompt or pick MIDI from the + menu, in Simple mode only.
- At launch, MIDI generations run on v6-wild, the model Suno built for less predictable, more varied results.
- 07 Nov
Tool News & Updates 07 NovMashup Edu's Nia is an AI agent for the business side of indie music careers, with a beta due in early 2027 at around $20 a month
- Indian music education startup Mashup Edu is launching Nia, an AI agent for the business operations of independent musicians.
- Mashup Edu says an independent music career takes around 17 distinct jobs, and Nia is meant to carry out some of them.
- Indian musicians can sign up for early access to a beta scheduled for early 2027, with global availability later in 2027.
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Music Intelligence 07 NovMax Richter says AI music systems were built on stolen data, and that composers should get a royalty
- Max Richter told Mishal Husain on Bloomberg's The Mishal Husain Show, published November 6, 2026, that AI systems were built on stolen data.
- Richter says it's too late to stop AI training, so he wants a royalty built into AI systems for the composers of source works.
- He says artists aren't part of the conversation as labels and streaming services negotiate AI deals, and compares it to the early streaming deals.
- 06 Nov
AI Music News 06 NovNile Rodgers defends the AI-made video for The Christmas Song: 'The AI did what we told it to do'
- Nile Rodgers is making an AI video for a new version of The Christmas Song, his 2020 charity collaboration with Rebecca Ferguson.
- After fans criticized the clips and stills on Instagram, Rodgers defended the video on November 5, 2026: 'The AI did what we told it to do.'
- Rodgers says a traditional film would have cost about $100,000.
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Christopher Wieduwilt
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I've been a musician for over 25 years — metal bands in Germany, a solo singer-songwriter project that toured the US coast to coast, 500,000+ plays on Myspace. Then Myspace crashed and I lost my entire fanbase overnight.
After that I worked inside the music industry for years on the business side: managing artists, working for record labels, organising concerts and festivals. Watched the same mistakes repeat on newer platforms.
In 2023, generative music AI started reshaping everything: production, promotion, rights, revenue. I started covering AI in music production in August 2023, before Suno's public launch. 200+ stories since.
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Grimes joins AI-generated film Gods Don't Give Gifts with her voice and likeness, in US theaters December 4
NewJeans' contracts let ADOR license AI voice clones of the members after 2029, The New York Times reports
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Frequently asked
Frequently asked questions
What is AI music and how does it work?
My article on What is AI music covers this in full: how AI models are trained on audio, what generation tools can and can't do, and where the copyright questions stand.
Will AI replace musicians?
The short answer is no, but the longer answer matters more. Will AI replace musicians breaks down what AI can produce, what it can't, and where human artists still have ground that's hard to take.
Is AI music copyrighted?
Practice is shifting. The US Copyright Office has ruled that purely AI-generated output doesn't qualify for copyright protection. Is AI music copyrighted covers the current legal position, the active lawsuits, and what this means for artists using AI tools in their work.
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