Volumio Launches AI Discovery Tool; Web3 Music Platform Sound Raises $20M to Decentralize Music Payments; Mubert Reaches 100m Tracks

#26 | Your Weekly Dose of AI Music News

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— Volumio launches AI discovery tool

Italian audio company Volumio has launched Volumio AI, the latest version of its Music Player application. Now boasting a Supersearch feature, users can uncover musical “hidden gems” through the power of artificial intelligence.

— Epidemic Sound debuts AI-powered 'Soundmatch' feature

Production-music firm Epidemic Sound is launching a new AI-powered feature, but it’s about finding music rather than creating it from scratch. ‘Soundmatch’ will analyse frames in a creator’s video and then suggest music that is likely to match the content, drawing on its databanks of YouTube videos that use the company’s music.

— Portland radio station debuts artificial intelligence host modeled after human DJ

"AI Ashley" debuted for Live 95.5 on June 13. She is modeled after the voice and speaking style of one of the station's hosts, Ashley Z.

— Web3 Music Platform Sound Raises $20M To Decentralize Music Payments

The company aims to help artists make a living for their music by minting their songs on-chain and selling them directly to fans.

— Shutterstock expands its OpenAI partnership – music included

Music labels have been very clear in their belief that if AI models are to be trained on commercial music, they must be properly licensed. Yet stock-music firms are seemingly quicker off the mark to actually strike those deals.

— AI music startup Mubert reaches 100m tracks milestone

One of the big talking points around AI music is scale: the sheer amount of music these models are able to generate once they’re up and running.

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