Warner Music Group settles lawsuit with AI firm Suno

Warner Music Group settles lawsuit with AI firm Suno

Warner Music Group on Tuesday announced a partnership with AI business Suno that will compensate music artists and songwriters, ending a legal battle between the two companies. Suno allows users to write text prompts to create songs. Last year, music companies including WMG sued Suno, accusing it of using copyrighted songs to train AI models.…

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‘Guaranteed Human’: Audio giant iHeartMedia says real people, not AI personalities, are at the controls

‘Guaranteed Human’: Audio giant iHeartMedia says real people, not AI personalities, are at the controls

As media executives wrestle with the use of artificial intelligence, radio giant iHeartMedia wants to stand out. “We don’t use AI-generated personalities. We don’t play AI music that features synthetic vocalists pretending to be human,” Tom Poleman, the company’s programming chief, wrote in an email to employees. “The podcasts we publish are also Guaranteed Human,”…

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iFly Sentosa parent sues Simba over equipment ‘trespass’

iFly Sentosa parent sues Simba over equipment ‘trespass’

[SINGAPORE] Skyventure VWT, which provides an indoor skydiving experience through AltitudeX on Sentosa island, has taken telco Simba to court over alleged equipment “trespass”. Skyventure alleges that Simba’s equipment, which consists of an antenna on the rooftop and a base station on the ground level, has resulted in the loss of revenue, which relates to…

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Major Indonesia nickel plant cuts output as waste piles up

Major Indonesia nickel plant cuts output as waste piles up

HPAL producers have also been contending with the higher cost of sulphur, a chemical used to produce acid [SINGAPORE] A majority Chinese-owned plant at Indonesia’s most important nickel site is cutting back production as its tailings site is nearly full, according to sources familiar with the matter, highlighting the industry’s growing waste management challenge. Output…

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