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Schatz introduces AI-generated content transparency bill

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US Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaiʻi introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at increasing transparency around artificial intelligence-generated content, requiring clear labels when people are viewing AI-made material or interacting with an AI chatbot. The AI Labeling Act comes amid growing concern in Hawaiʻi and nationally about the effects of unlabeled AI content, including reports that AI platforms are being used to create deep fake photos and generate scam calls using an AI-generated voice of a loved one.

Source: Schatz introduces AI-generated content transparency bill

Cloudflare’s new policy pushes AI companies to pay for publishers’ content

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Cloudflare has just issued the AI industry a new deadline to separate the web crawlers used for traditional search purposes, like Google Search, from those used for AI agents and training. Starting on September 15, 2026, Cloudflare’s default settings will block “mixed-use” crawlers from any pages that host ads, the company announced on Wednesday. That means that the crawlers that blend search, agent use, and training will be blocked from crawling these sites by default, unless the site owner adjusts the settings otherwise. 

Source: Cloudflare’s new policy pushes AI companies to pay for publishers’ content

Viberate opens music data to ChatGPT, Claude and other AI bots via official MCP server launch

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AI is changing the way music is created, licensed, and discovered. Viberate thinks it is about to change how the industry uses its data, too. The music data company has a prediction: within a couple of years, it says, more people will use its numbers inside an AI assistant than on Viberate’s own platform. To that end, the analytics company has launched an official MCP server that lets users of AI services tap its data by asking questions in plain language.

Source: Viberate opens music data to ChatGPT, Claude and other AI bots via official MCP server launch

Hollywood Workers Are Training AI Models as Job Prospects Grow Slim

In 2023, concerns over the rise of generative AI animated the writers’ and actors’ strikes, with many rank-and-file workers fearful that it could put wide swaths of the entertainment industry out of work. Three years later, with those concerns still alive and well, some Hollywood workers have been moonlighting in AI training, working to help improve the tech, anyway. As the traditional film and television job market narrows, this kind of gig work is on the rise and current and former entertainment workers are taking part.

Source: Hollywood Workers Are Training AI Models as Job Prospects Grow Slim

Spotify wins dismissal of lawsuit claiming it allowed ‘billions’ of fraudulent Drake streams

A US federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action that accused Spotify of allowing billions of bot-generated fake streams to inflate the play counts of Drake and other artists. Judge Josephine Staton, of the US District Court for the Central District of California, granted Spotify‘s motion to dismiss on Monday (June 22). The case was brought by Eric Dwayne Collins, the rapper known as RBX, who claimed Spotify‘s failure to curb “mass-scale fraudulent streaming” had stripped royalties from other rights holders.

Source: Spotify wins dismissal of lawsuit claiming it allowed ‘billions’ of fraudulent Drake streams

The Atlantic created a searchable database of the music used to train AI

Atlantic reporter Alex Reisner recently uncovered four datasets of music being used to train AI models and made them fully searchable for the public. Two of the sets are absolutely enormous at 12 million and 9 million tracks. The other two are much smaller, but still represent a significant amount of training data at over 100,000 songs each. According to Reisner, the sets have been downloaded thousands of times.

Source: The Atlantic created a searchable database of the music used to train AI

Four music datasets holding millions of tracks are being shared among AI developers: Report

Four datasets of music are circulating among artificial intelligence developers, and together they hold more than 21 million recordings, according to a report by The Atlantic. They are filled with copyrighted music, spanning household names and tens of thousands of lesser-known independent artists, according to the report. Two of the datasets each contain more than 100,000 recordings, according to The Atlantic, while the other two are far larger, at roughly 9 million and 12 million tracks.

Source: Four music datasets holding millions of tracks are being shared among AI developers: Report

SPUR publishes ‘common language’ for tracking AI use of publisher content

Publisher AI standards coalition SPUR has shared details of a proposed “common language” for tracking content usage by AI companies. SPUR aims to come up with a standard technical foundation for how AI platforms report on use of the content they scrape. This could be used by publishers when agreeing licensing deals. SPUR was launched at the start of the year by The Guardian, the Financial Times, BBC, Sky News and The Telegraph and has since added more than 20 other publisher members.

Source: SPUR publishes ‘common language’ for tracking AI use of publisher content

Deezer’s new tool can identify AI music from Spotify, Apple Music, and others

In the ongoing effort to tackle this issue, Deezer introduced a tool that scans playlists from various streaming platforms to identify AI-generated tracks. Announced on Thursday, this free online AI music detector supports 27 languages and gives users from 20 of the most popular platforms the chance to see if their playlists include any AI-generated songs.

Source: Deezer’s new tool can identify AI music from Spotify, Apple Music, and others

Warner Music acquires AI attribution startup Sureel AI

Warner Music Music (WMG) announced on Wednesday that it’s acquiring AI attribution startup Sureel AI. Sureel’s patented technology creates “AI DNA” for songs and breaks them down into component parts to trace how AI models use those elements. Through the acquisition, WMG aims to better track when its artists’ and songwriters’ work is used in AI-generated content or for training AI models.

Source: Warner Music acquires AI attribution startup Sureel AI

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