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- 26 Mar
26 MarTaTa Taktumi signs with PMG at 2,200 monthly Spotify listeners
Timbaland's TaTa Taktumi signs with Pacific Music Group at 2,200 Spotify listeners. Suno's active copyright cases aren't in the deal announcement.
Read the full story - 24 Mar
24 MarAnghami and Cyanite’s AI metadata deal reveals how Western training data fails Arabic music
Anghami integrated Cyanite's audio-based AI to tag 2.5M songs. A 2025 MBZUAI study shows 94% of AI music training data is Western. Arabic music is 0.4%.
Read the full story - 24 Mar
24 MarNetflix used AI to reconstruct Hillel Slovak’s voice for its Red Hot Chili Peppers documentary
Netflix used AI to reconstruct Hillel Slovak's voice in its 2026 RHCP documentary. His family consented and the film disclosed it. Fans pushed back anyway.
Read the full story - 24 Mar
24 MarUK scraps AI training opt-out, but Creative Content Exchange leaves independent artists exposed
UK dropped its AI training opt-out on March 18, 2026. The Creative Content Exchange replacing it leaves independent artists with no licensing pathway.
Read the full story - 23 Mar
23 MarIFPI Global Music Report 2026: 7 AI findings that affect your streaming royalties
IFPI's 2026 report reveals 85% of AI music streams on Deezer were fraudulent, diluting your royalties as major labels form the largest AI licensing coalition...
Read the full story - 23 Mar
23 MarSpotify is building an AI music ecosystem but hasn’t said what it trained its own AI on
Spotify's co-CEO Gustav Soderstrom outlined an AI music strategy at SXSW 2026 but hasn't disclosed what its AI was trained on. Here's what artists need to know.
Read the full story - 23 Mar
23 MarTrump’s national AI framework has 6 objectives: what each one means for music creators in 2026
Trump's AI framework acknowledges creator IP but protects AI fair use of training data with no licensing, opt-out, or payment requirement for music.
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- 22 Mar
22 MarTop 5 AI Music News (Mar 16th – Mar 22nd 2026)
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Read the full story - 20 Mar
20 MarMark Cuban called music the worst industry to invest in, then gave indie artists 3 ways to beat the odds
Mark Cuban says breaking new artists has a 99.99% failure rate, then names Claude for AI promotion and live events as your hedge against streaming collapse.
Read the full story - 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.
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