Machine learning & AI

Music companies sue Anthropic AI over song lyrics

Universal and other music publishers have sued artificial intelligence company Anthropic in a US court for using copyrighted lyrics to train its AI systems and in generating answers to user queries.

Business

Music firm Universal announces streaming overhaul

The world's biggest music publisher Universal, whose catalog includes artists from Taylor Swift to the Beatles, announced a deal on Wednesday it says will shake up the way artists are rewarded for streaming.