AI Music News
Your independent source for AI music news and what each story means for music creators.
- 20 Mar
20 MarMusician pleads guilty to $8M AI streaming fraud, running 1,040 bot accounts and AI songs for 7 years
Michael Smith pleaded guilty to stealing $8M in royalties using AI-generated songs and bots on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music.
Read the full story - 16 Mar
16 MarFlying Lotus compared AI criticism to Auto-tune backlash, but his deleted BIG MAMA promo suggests otherwise
Flying Lotus deleted his AI-generated BIG MAMA promo after Reddit backlash, then compared AI criticism to Auto-Tune rejection while claiming neutrality. [149]
Read the full story - 16 Mar
16 MarSuno CEO apologizes for “Don’t enjoy making music” comment but doubles down on copyrighted training data use
Suno CEO Mikey Shulman apologized for saying people don't enjoy making music but maintained his admission that Suno trained on copyrighted recordings.
Read the full story - 16 Mar
16 MarFake Taylor Swift ‘official music video’ posted on YouTube highlights an AI disclosure gap
YouTube's AI disclosure rules let a fake Taylor Swift "official music video" stay up, technically compliant, with no clear remedy for the artist.
Read the full story - 15 Mar
15 MarTop 5 AI Music News (Mar 9th – Mar 15th 2026)
AI music news you need to know (Mar 10th - Mar 16th 2026) ✓ GEMA vs Suno ruling set. ✓ Google sued over Lyria. → Read the full breakdown!
Read the full story - 13 Mar
13 Mar6 Korean music organizations including KOMCA form an AI coalition with a blockchain royalty plan
Six Korean music rights groups launched a committee to fight unauthorized AI training and build blockchain infrastructure linking global identifiers. → Go here
Read the full story - 13 Mar
13 MarDelhi startup RaagaPay builds the first ethical AI dataset for Hindustani classical music with lifetime artist royalties
RaagaPay builds 80-parameter AI dataset for Hindustani classical music, offering artists lifetime royalties to fix Suno's Western bias. → Find out more here
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- 12 Mar
12 MarHollywood unions tried to kill her, now Tilly Norwood’s music video is flopping with 98k+ views
AI actress Tilly Norwood's debut flops at 41K views while covert AI artists hit Billboard. ✓ Learn why AI branding backfires → Read the full analysis
Read the full story - 12 Mar
12 MarUK considers letting AI companies train on your music without permission — here’s what happens by March 18:
UK weighs letting AI train on music without permission before March 18. ✓ Lords voted twice against exception ✓ £124B creative economy at risk → Find out more
Read the full story - 11 Mar
11 MarPatreon CEO calls AI training a “bloodbath” for creators, and he’s both a tech executive and a working musician
Patreon CEO demands consent, credit, and compensation for AI-trained work. ✓ Protect your rights now ✓ Document provenance ✓ Learn licensing models → Start here
Read the full story - 10 Mar
10 MarCharlie Puth is now a Chief Music Officer — 5 things this tells us about AI music’s next phase:
Charlie Puth joins Moises as CMO. AI music shifts from generators to production tools. ✓ Artist validation → See what this means for your workflow.
Read the full story - 10 Mar
10 MarGoogle accused of AI music ‘Laundering’ through ContentID, 5 things independent artists need to know:
Google accused of AI music laundering via ContentID. ✓ DMCA violations explained ✓ Retroactive upload risks ✓ Class action precedent → Protect your rights now.
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