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What Audible’s new royalty model means for its audiobook battle with Spotify

The new model does distribute royalties according to titles or hours listened, dividing the value of a member’s plan and any additional audiobook credits used “among the titles the member listened to over the course of the month.” Audible’s new royalty model is a response to Spotify’s encroachment into the audiobook space but it is also an early statement to the publishing world about how the company plans to account to publishers and authors.

Source: What Audible’s new royalty model means for its audiobook battle with Spotify

‘Fairly Trained’ debuts tougher standards for ethical AI certification 

Many AI developers use architectures that include more than one model. These models serve different functions in the AI technology the company is building. So far, Fairly Trained has offered developers certification badges based on specific models they use. Now, however, the non-profit will be issuing new badges to certified companies, and those companies “will be required to be transparent with users about which elements of their architecture are and are not certified.”

Source: Music AI platforms can get a ‘Fairly Trained’ certification for meeting ethical standards. Those standards just got tougher.

Harmony Or Discord? The Impact Of Generative AI On Music Copyright

AI-generated music forces us to reconsider fundamental concepts of authorship, creativity and intellectual property rights. As AI systems produce new compositions based on vast datasets of existing music, the boundaries between human and machine creativity blur. Who holds the rights to AI-generated songs that draw inspiration from copyrighted works? How do we fairly compensate the original human creators whose material formed the basis of the AI’s learning?

Source: Council Post: Harmony Or Discord? The Impact Of Generative AI On Music Copyright

Perplexity details plan to share ad revenue with outlets cited by its AI chatbot

Perplexity AI will soon start sharing advertising revenue with news publishers when its chatbot surfaces their content in response to a user query, a move that appears designed to assuage critics that have accused the startup of plagiarism and unethical web scraping. Dmitry Shevelenko, Perplexity’s head of business, told TechCrunch that the company was actually exploring the program in January, before publishers started leveling accusations.

Source: Perplexity details plan to share ad revenue with outlets cited by its AI chatbot

Spotify Adds 1,000 Audiobooks from 100 Publishers Distributed by Ingram

Spotify will now offer more than 1,000 audiobooks from some 100 publishers distributed by Ingram Content Group (ICG), thanks to a new partnership between the streaming giant and Ingram. The newly added audiobooks come from a range of small and independent publishers, including Europa Editions, Milkweed Editions, G&D Media, Bard Press, and New Society Publishers.

Source: Spotify Adds 1,000 Audiobooks from 100 Publishers Distributed by Ingram

Spotify Urges MLC Lawsuit Dismissal Amid Bundling Controversy

Spotify has outlined arguments in support of the dismissal of the unpaid royalties lawsuit filed against it by the MLC. “Books are not music, and audiobook streaming is not music streaming. Books are mainstream products offered both by Spotify and competitors via downloads and subscription streaming and, importantly, they are created and licensed by different rights holders (i.e., book authors and publishers) who charge separate license fees.”

Source: Spotify Urges MLC Lawsuit Dismissal Amid Bundling Controversy

SAG-AFTRA May Call Immediate Strike Over Lack Of AI Protections For Voice Actors

SAG-AFTRA has authorized its chief negotiator to potentially call for an immediate strike because of a controversy surrounding the use and treatment of AI voices in video games. Union leadership has made it clear in recent statements that they regard AI as a significant issue in the voice-acting space, and that a strike is potentially in the cards.

Source: SAG-AFTRA May Call Immediate Strike Over Lack Of AI Protections For Voice Actors

YouTube Music testing AI-generated radio feature, adding a song recognition tool

YouTube Music is introducing two new ways to boost song discovery on its platform. YouTube announced on Monday that it’s experimenting with an AI-generated conversational radio feature, and rolling out a new Shazam-like tool to help users discover the name of a song by singing, humming or playing parts of it.

Source: YouTube Music testing AI-generated radio feature, adding a song recognition tool

AI in Book Publishing – Threat or Promising New Future?  

Since 2017, the development of large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT-3 has begun to influence the publishing industry. These models, designed to generate new content on the basis of patterns in existing texts, align with the industry’s trend toward efficiency and consolidation, but simultaneously raise concerns about the long-term survival of human labor. Despite these concerns, some see AI as providing new opportunities for writers in an increasingly competitive market.

Source: AI in Book Publishing – Threat or Promising New Future?  — AI In Hollywood

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