Back in January, Google made some waves — soundwaves, that is — when it quietly released some research on AI-based music creation software that built tunes based on word prompts. Today, its sister ...

WiiM adds YouTube Music across its ecosystem, from Ultra to Amp Ultra, with full app integration but still no Apple AirPlay on Ultra models. WiiM has rolled YouTube Music across its entire lineup, ...

Record labels are suing two leading AI startups and are reportedly exploring a licensing deal with YouTube—actions that will determine what the future of AI music sounds like, and if there is one at ...

Google told a federal court this week that its YouTube terms of service grant AI models, like its music generator Lyria, broad rights to train their platforms using licensed work.

YouTube is rolling out a slew of new AI tools to its millions of creators — which the video platform is positioning as unlocking more creativity and fun. Among the features: YouTube has started ...

"I suspect if people aren't angry about it, they don't know about it," says one creator advocate of YouTube potentially training AI on user content. By Rachel Scharf YouTube has long been one of the ...

A new court filing claims that when indie artists upload music to YouTube, they grant a "broad license" that covers the AI initiatives of parent company Google. By ...

Last November, a pair of Olympic-bound figure skaters performed in a competition to a song with lyrics that sounded oddly familiar. “Every night we smash a Mercedes-Benz,” the singer began. It was one ...