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- 20 Oct
AI Music News 20 OctICMP warns Australia that Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave songs are already in AI training data
- The International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP) told Guardian Australia on October 19, 2026 that AI has already been trained on songs by Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave without payment.
- ICMP showed Google's Gemini reproducing lyrics by Kylie Minogue, G-Flip and Nick Cave.
- ICMP director general John Phelan said 62 countries considered changing copyright law for AI, and none of the other 61 adopted a commercial text and data mining exception.
- 20 Oct
AI Music News 20 OctK.K. Downing, 74, defends the AI video that recreates his younger self for KK's Priest's 'Never Satisfied'
- KK's Priest released a video for a new recording of Judas Priest's 1974 song 'Never Satisfied' on October 15, 2026, sung by Tim 'Ripper' Owens.
- Director John Psaras of JPSR Studio used AI to recreate a young K.K. Downing, and Downing, 74, is credited as executive producer.
- Downing said the video 'could not have been made without today's modern technology.'
- 20 Oct
AI Music News 20 OctMusixmatch buys Songdex owner Music Reports in its first acquisition in 16 years, and plans AI royalty agents
- Musixmatch announced on October 19, 2026 that it has acquired Music Reports, the Los Angeles company behind the Songdex copyright registry, its first acquisition in 16 years.
- Blokur, the London rights-matching company Music Reports bought in January 2024, and Music Reports' Cuetrak cue sheet software come with the deal.
- Financial terms were not disclosed, and Tikehau Capital financed the transaction.
- 20 Oct
AI Music News 20 OctFans called Olivia Rodrigo's 'expectations' video AI, so her team posted the hand-drawn drafts
- Olivia Rodrigo released the 'expectations' video with Chappell Roan on October 15, 2026, and viewers flagged its animated segment as AI over shifting fingers and limbs.
- Designer Jack Harrison and Livies HQ, Rodrigo's official fan account, posted behind-the-scenes footage of hand-drawn characters, 2D and 3D animation and analog TV screens.
- Rolling Stone reports the team filmed the animation off a Windows Vista PC screen with a hi-res camera to get its retro look.
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- 20 Oct
AI Music News 20 OctIndian label Raagverse launches with Janaa Hai Toh Jao, 3 songs pairing human lyrics with AI production
- Raagverse, a new Indian music label that pairs human songwriting with AI production tools, released its debut album Janaa Hai Toh Jao on October 20, 2026.
- The album has 3 songs, the title track, "Koi Keh De Usse" and "Tere Liye", all with lyrics by Mamta Javkar.
- Raagverse comes from Amita Madhvani, CEO of Equinox Virtual, the AI and immersive arm of Equinox Films and Ram Madhvani Films.
- 20 Oct
AI Music News 20 OctUniversal and Sony ask a court to make Suno investor Lightspeed testify on the legal risk of training data
- Universal Music Group, Capitol Records and Sony Music asked a Boston federal court on October 13, 2026 to deny Lightspeed Venture Partners' motion to quash their subpoena in the Suno case.
- Lightspeed led Suno's $125 million Series B in May 2024, holds a seat on Suno's board and invested again in the Series C and Series D rounds.
- The labels' narrowed subpoena lists 16 deposition topics, including the "legal risk of training data" discussed in a document Lightspeed already produced.
- 20 Oct
Tool News & Updates 20 OctApple bought Samplab's AI audio editor in a June 2026 asset deal, an EU filing shows
- Apple, through a subsidiary, bought certain assets of the Swiss startup Samplab GmbH and offered jobs to some of its staff, according to an EU Digital Markets Act entry dated June 17, 2026.
- The European Commission published the entry on October 19, 2026, four months after the deal, and Apple has not commented.
- Samplab's AI editor let musicians change single notes inside recorded audio, detect chords and export them as MIDI, and split stems, as a VST3 and AU plugin or a desktop app.
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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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ICMP warns Australia that Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave songs are already in AI training data
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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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How do AI music tools compare to traditional music production software?
Traditional DAWs give you full control with a steep learning curve. AI tools give you fast results with less manual work, but trade off some control. Most professional workflows now combine both: AI tools for ideation, stem separation, and mastering; the DAW for arrangement and final production decisions.
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