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20 stories · page 2 of 3ElevenLabs shipped a command line written for agents, not people
ElevenLabs' new command line puts their whole product into the terminal: music, text to speech, agents. Responses come back as structured JSON, and errors are written so a program can parse them. Its user is another agent. The human comes second.
Read →Spotify puts a label on performers who do not exist
From mid-September, a profile with an AI-generated identity carries an AI Persona badge - on the banner, in search, next to every track. And by default, the algorithm recommends it to no one.
Read →MiniMax released a model that writes a full five-minute song, and handed out the weights
Not a thirty-second clip, but a song with a beginning, a middle and an end that holds its theme all the way through. Underneath sit two language models on different levels, and the big one started life as Qwen3-8B.
Read →Fan covers on Spotify go under license: with credit and money for the original artist
Spotify and Merlin - the voice of independent labels with about 15% of the global market - reached a deal for the upcoming fan cover and remix tool. Participation is the artist's choice; every derivative track carries credit, compensation, and a link back to the original. Small detail, big difference.
Read →Music got an AI label nobody checks
Eight organizations from the music industry - among them RIAA, IFPI, the Grammy Academy and SAG-AFTRA - introduced two visual labels for sound recordings: AI-Generated and AI-Assisted. They're applied voluntarily, by the artists, labels and distributors themselves. No independent verification. Not a single streaming platform is party to the agreement.
Read →The voice agent got work procedures
ElevenLabs released Procedures: you upload your SOP (standard operating procedure) document (PDF, DOCX), and the system turns it into steps the agent follows. Strict for payments and verification, loose for everything else. Still alpha.
Read →Tidal cuts the money for fully AI music; the rule kicks in July 15
From July 15, Tidal tags every 100% AI-generated song with 'AI' - and stops paying it. No royalties, no direct sales to fans. Harder than the labeling alone at Spotify and Apple Music.
Read →An invisible watermark in generated voice
ElevenLabs is embedding Google DeepMind's SynthID (an invisible watermark) into the audio it produces - undetectable to the ear, survives cutting and compression. Plus a free detector anyone can use to check where a sound came from.
Read →Your voice becomes an instrument - Suno Voices
Suno v5.5 shipped Voices: you record your own voice and make songs with it. With a check against misuse, and a voice that's yours alone by default.
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