WIH+: Ari’s Elon Referral, Shari’s Win & Music’s A.I. War

Good evening, and welcome back to What I’m Hearing+, your Tuesday bonus edition helmed by Eriq Gardner. A.I. is, of course, the story of the moment in entertainment, and nowhere is that story playing out more clearly than in the music business, which Eriq thoughtfully analyzes today.
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Good evening, and welcome back to What I’m Hearing+, your Tuesday bonus edition helmed by Eriq Gardner. A.I. is, of course, the story of the moment in entertainment, and nowhere is that story playing out more clearly than in the music business, which Eriq thoughtfully analyzes today…

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Elon’s Ari assist: It’s hardly a shock that Elon Musk has decided to refile claims against Sam Altman over OpenAI’s decision to jump into bed with Microsoft. But the real eyebrow-raiser here is Musk’s choice of legal representation...

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The Record Industry’s Full-Blown A.I. War

A pair of well-capitalized A.I. music startups have found themselves in the middle of a gnarly lawsuit against the industry’s biggest labels in a case that may set precedents across numerous creative industries. These suits will either be remembered as a power play, or a devastating blow to their own assets and their relevance to artists.

ERIQ GARDNER

Just a few days ago, amid a barrage of lawsuits sweeping through the generative A.I. sector, a pair of music A.I. startups, Suno and Udio, found themselves facing massive copyright infringement claims from heavyweight record labels, including Universal, Sony, and Warner. The plaintiffs’ claims are somewhat straightforward: They argue that “synthetic musical outputs could saturate the market” and “directly compete with, cheapen, and ultimately...

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