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Every Wednesday, I share the latest AI music news and tools to help you stay up-to-date on industry trends and stay relevant in this very competitive music market.
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- 30 Jul
AI Music News 30 JulA judge denied Donald Passman's late opt-out, binding him to Anthropic's $1.5B settlement
- Federal judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín denied Donald Passman's request for a late opt-out in her order approving Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement.
- Anthropic trained Claude on ten editions of Passman's All You Need to Know About the Music Business without permission.
- The judge cited settlement-administrator records showing multiple notices mailed to Passman's address, none returned as undelivered.
- 30 Jul
AI Music News 30 JulHYBE is liquidating Supertone, the AI voice company it put $35M into
- Supertone's shareholders resolved to dissolve the company and place it into liquidation, per a regulatory disclosure filed July 23, 2026.
- HYBE put nearly KRW 49 billion, around $35 million, into Supertone across investments in 2021 and 2022.
- Supertone posted revenue of KRW 2.3 billion ($1.6 million) last year against an operating loss of KRW 15.4 billion ($10.5 million).
- 30 Jul
AI Music News 30 JulSuno faces two class action lawsuits over the breach that exposed 55.3 million users
- Two proposed class actions have been filed against Suno over the November 2025 breach that exposed data tied to 55.3 million users.
- One suit was filed on July 24, 2026 in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
- The complaints allege Suno stored user data in a "negligent and/or reckless manner" and was already "on notice" that the attack vector was a known risk.
- 30 Jul
Tool News & Updates 30 JulGoogle ships Lyria 3.5 in Flow Music with expressive vocals and tempo control
- Google began rolling out Lyria 3.5 in Flow Music on July 29, 2026, replacing Lyria 3 Pro as the platform's generation model.
- The model adds richer melodic structure, better lyric prompt adherence, and vocals with more expression and cleaner pronunciation.
- Creative control now covers tempo, vocals, drums, bass and track length.
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- 30 Jul
Music Intelligence 30 JulMajor labels' proposed AI chart rules would exclude most of today's charting AI artists
- Universal, Sony, Warner, Believe, BMG, Concord, Dirty Hit, Glassnote, HYBE, Mom+Pop and Partisan proposed six AI chart eligibility principles on July 29, 2026.
- Five of the six criteria can be checked mechanically. The sixth, "substantially human made", carries no published threshold.
- SIQA counts a track as AI-assisted when a human wrote the lyrics even if AI produced the music and vocal. The major-label reading would treat the same track as purely synthetic.
- 28 Jul
AI Music News 28 JulAFM names Warner Records and Atlantic in amended AI pay suit, and puts Udio's Starstruck at the center
- The AFM filed its first amended complaint against Universal Music and Warner in late July 2026.
- The union dropped Warner Music Group Corp. as a defendant and named Warner Records and Atlantic instead.
- Warner had argued it was the wrong defendant because it never signed the Sound Recording Labor Agreement.
- 28 Jul
AI Music News 28 JulD'Addario's AI denial backfired after YouTubers picked apart its proof video
- D'Addario was accused of using AI-generated music in a demo video for its new NYXL HD guitar strings.
- The company denied it, saying all guitars were tracked live and the drums and synths were MIDI programmed.
- D'Addario told Guitar World its brand is "grounded in authenticity" and it never uses AI for marketing music.
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I'm Christopher Wieduwilt. Founder of The AI Musicpreneur.
Christopher Wieduwilt
AI Music Educator & Journalist
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.
Today the site is read by 20,000 music professionals every month — Grammy-winning engineers, artists, and people inside Warner Music, AWAL, Believe, Songtradr, and UnitedMasters.
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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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