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Universal Music is launching an AI music platform with ElevenLabs
Universal Music Group partners with ElevenLabs on a licensed AI music platform enabling fan-made remixes, with artists opting in.
Universal Music Group announced a multi-year licensing agreement with ElevenLabs to build an AI platform letting users create remixes, mashups, and new takes from UMG's licensed catalog. Artists can choose whether to participate, and the companies promise fair compensation; the platform will remain separate from ElevenLabs' Music API and ElevenMusic generator. UMG already runs an AI music project with Udio and has licensing deals with Spotify, Nvidia, and Klay.
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Suno replaces its AI models with a new one trained on licensed music as copyright suits pile up
Suno launched its v6 model family trained on licensed music from Warner, BMG and Believe as copyright lawsuits from Sony and Universal continue.
Suno unveiled a new model family — Suno v6, experimental v6 wild, and faster v6 mini — trained on licensed data from Warner Music Group, BMG and Believe, and plans to retire older models. New capabilities include prompt-based song editing, use of text/images/video as references, and instrument separation, plus a planned opt-in artist remix program. Suno settled with Warner last year and BMG last month, but still faces suits from Sony, Universal Music Group and artists like Jason Isbell, and has raised over $819 million to date.
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Elevenlabs makes Music v2.5 available via app and API with free and pro tier options
ElevenLabs releases Music v2.5 via app and API, claiming fuller, more natural songs preferred over v2 in blind listening tests.
ElevenLabs launched Music v2.5 for ElevenMusic, reporting that listeners preferred it in a blind test across 47,885 comparison pairs, especially for R&B, Soul, Hip-Hop, Rock, and orchestral tracks. The free tier offers five lossless downloads per day and Pro includes 400 per month, with attribution required on free and commercial use restricted by industry. Tracks based on other artists' songs are blocked, and v2 remains available alongside the API. ElevenLabs says existing Music models were trained on 'licensed stems and music,' distinguishing it from competitor Suno, which faces lawsuits for training on copyrighted content; a Universal Music Group licensing deal covers only future separate products.
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