Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke didn't hold back in a new interview, calling generative AI a tech-bro nightmare that steals from artists to spit out pallid facsimiles. He questioned whether AI has any genuine creative originality at all, arguing that its underlying economic structure is morally wrong for failing to credit human creators.
Universal, Warner, and Sony are in talks to license their catalogs to AI music startups Suno and Udio. The labels are pushing for licensing fees and equity stakes to settle ongoing copyright lawsuits, potentially setting the precedent for how AI companies compensate recording artists.
Suno just launched v4.5 for Pro and Premier subscribers, delivering punchier vocals, detailed audio textures, and seamless genre blending. The standout update is length: you can now generate full tracks up to 8 minutes long in a single run without using the extend tool.
Suno just launched its v4 music model, bringing much cleaner audio, sharper lyrics, and more dynamic song structures. The biggest crowd-pleaser is a new Remaster feature that lets you upgrade your old tracks to v4 quality with a single tap. The update also bundles freshly designed cover art to match your track's vibe.
Suno just launched 'Personas,' a new feature that lets users capture and reuse the exact vocals, style, and vibe of an existing track across new generations. Creators can save their custom singer as private or share it publicly. It is currently in early-access beta for Pro and Premier subscribers with 200 free tracks, costing 10 credits each afterward.
Suno just rolled out a song cropping feature on its web platform for Pro and Premier subscribers. Users can now trim the start and end of generated tracks using waveform selectors, saving the trimmed portion as a new song, alongside the ability to edit displayed lyrics. It is a handy quality-of-life update that saves creators from regenerating entire tracks just to fix an intro or outro.
Suno just rolled out an Exclude Styles feature, giving creators a negative prompt tool to ban specific instruments, genres, or vocal types like male vocals from tracks. Excluded tags appear with a minus sign in the song details. It is currently locked behind Pro and Premier tiers.
a16z just released the third edition of its Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps, revealing that nearly 30% of companies on the list are newcomers. Video and music generators saw massive surges, with Suno jumping from #36 to #5, while Perplexity and Claude cemented top-five spots on web. ByteDance quietly dominated with six apps across web and mobile rankings.
AI music platform Suno just fired back at the major record labels' copyright lawsuit, admitting it trains on open-web music while arguing that learning styles and patterns isn't infringement. Suno compared its training to a kid learning rock by listening to records and said it blocks direct artist imitation. The case is set to become a massive legal test for fair use in generative AI.
Suno just launched a new "Stems" feature for Pro and Premier subscribers, allowing users to split AI-generated tracks into separate vocal and instrumental files. Each stem generates as an individual clip that can be downloaded or extended independently. It gives creators far more control over mixing, editing, and repurposing their AI tracks.
Suno just launched its official iOS app on the Apple App Store, bringing full text-to-music creation to mobile devices. Users can type in text prompts to generate fully produced songs with vocals and instrumentation in minutes. The launch arrives amid intense legal pressure, as major record labels sue the startup over alleged copyright infringement in its training data.
The RIAA just filed massive copyright lawsuits against AI music generators Suno and Udio, claiming they unlawfully scraped vast catalogs of copyrighted songs to train their models and demanding up to $150,000 per infringing work. While the labels argue AI songalikes threaten their core business, the startups lean on fair use. Why it matters: this battle could redefine how all generative AI models license training data.
Universal Music, Warner Music, and Sony Music just sued AI music startups Suno and Udio, alleging they illegally trained their models on copyrighted recordings without permission or payment. Led by the RIAA, the labels seek up to $150,000 per infringed work, totaling billions in potential damages. The copyright battles seen in text and images have officially hit AI music, likely forcing eventual licensing deals.
Suno just rolled out version 3.5 of its AI music generator, bumping song length to four minutes in a single take and letting you extend tracks by another two minutes. It also adds a sound-to-song feature that turns any audio clip into a full track with text prompts. Pro users get it now, and free tiers follow soon.
Suno just rolled out early access to its V3 Alpha model for Pro and Premier subscribers. The update bumps maximum clip lengths to two minutes, adds dedicated instrumental support, improves audio quality, and lets creators continue tracks from any point. Paying accounts also received 300 free credits to test the model.
Microsoft just partnered with AI music startup Suno to bring text-to-song generation directly into Copilot. Anyone can now describe a musical style or enter lyrics in chat to spin up a full track with vocals and instrumentation—no music theory required. Why it matters: It bakes generative audio into everyday browsing, turning casual text prompts into instant pop songs.
