EEEFAX ARTISTS & AI NEWS SERVICEP.100
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SOURCES: MBW · CMU · MUSIC ALLY · MUSIC TECH POLICY · TECHCRUNCH
░ AI & COPYRIGHT
▶5 things to know about Round Hill's Suno and Anthropic lawsuits: model weights, extraction tools, and a $75M number
Round Hill says statutory damages could approach or exceed $1 billion in each case, and intends to take both Suno and Anthropic to trial.
24 AUG 2026
▶Round Hill joins the AI lawsuit party, targets Suno and Anthropic
More lawsuits have been filed against generative AI companies, this time its Round Hill suing Suno and Anthropic. Aware both defendants will claim that AI training is ‘fair use’ -
19 AUG 2026
░ STREAMING & REVENUE
▶Apple Music to start labelling tracks ‘Made With AI’
Apple Music has told its industry partners that AI-generated tracks will be labelled as such within its app from later this year. It’s relying on labels and distributors to identif
21 AUG 2026
▶Spotify to start labelling “AI personas”
Spotify will start labelling “AI personas” next month, so artists that don’t really exist but which have a profile on the streaming service with an AI-generated identity. It hopes
12 AUG 2026
░ POLICY & LEGISLATION
▶Billboard and Luminate promise more transparency around AI music
Trade publication Billboard and research firm Luminate are longstanding partners, particularly around the former’s US charts. They also both made AI-music-related announcements yes
26 AUG 2026
░ PLATFORMS & COMPANIES
▶Audiomack wants to help its African listeners cut download costs
Streaming service Audiomack has rolled out an inventive feature for its African listeners: Night Plan. It’s all about cutting their mobile-data costs. The post is from Music Ally.
26 AUG 2026
▶Suno brings its voice clone tool to iOS and Android, opens a limited version to free users
Voices lets a user record or upload audio of themselves singing, which Suno then uses to generate new songs in that person's voice.
10 AUG 2026
░ INDUSTRY NEWS
▶Luminate launches AI music identification framework, with 'AI Generated' labels reaching CONNECT later this year
Luminate says its CONNECT platform "can now flag AI-generated songs and artists worldwide."
26 AUG 2026
▶ARIA blocks AI-generated recordings from Australia's official charts
The updated ARIA Charts Code of Practice takes effect from the chart dated August 31, which is published on August 28.
26 AUG 2026
▶ARIA updates its chart rules for songs using generative AI
Last month a group of labels including all three majors proposed new rules governing how music made using GenAI technologies should be treated by official charts. The post is from
25 AUG 2026