licensing

AI music generation enters a new phase: Universal Music Group partners with ElevenLabs on a licensed remix platform, startup Thoughtful Things launches a hackable local AI sampler, and Suno adds voiceover+music fusion. All three navigate copyright and training data concerns.

Google's pilot program pays around 100 publishers for content used in AI Overviews and Gemini, with some earning over $1 million. Meanwhile, its efforts to license Hollywood studios' libraries for AI training have yet to yield deals with major studios like Disney, Warner Bros., and Universal. The contrasting approaches highlight the challenges of acquiring high-quality training data, while a separate bankruptcy case involving Spirit Airlines raises questions about data ownership.