<p>Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment are in talks to license their work to AI startups Udio and Suno, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The deals would set forth a framework for how AI companies compensate artists for their work. The record labels are pushing to receive a small [&hellip;]</p>

<p>While this year’s Tudum was livestreamed for the first time on Netflix itself, The Los Angeles Times reports that 9,500 fans gathered in-person at the Kia Forum in Southern California, hoping to see their favorite stars.</p>

<p>We’re thrilled by the overwhelming response to our call for speakers at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, taking place October 27-29 at Moscone West in San Francisco. After a careful selection process, we’ve narrowed it down to 20 impressive finalists — 10 breakout sessions and 10 roundtables. Now it’s your turn to help shape the agenda. Audience [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Nearly two years after suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, The New York Times has agreed to license its editorial content to Amazon to train the tech giant’s AI platforms. </p>

<p>Odyssey has developed an AI model that lets users &#8220;interact&#8221; with streaming video.</p>

<p>Spotify will begin recommending podcasts on its Home page and provide a Following feed for staying up-to-date with the latest episodes.</p>

<p>We were blown away by the incredible interest in speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27-29 at Moscone West in San Francisco.  After a thorough review, we’ve narrowed it down to 20 standout finalists — 10 for breakout sessions and 10 for roundtables. Now it’s your turn to decide. Audience Choice voting is open [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Nielsen’s latest report serves as another wake-up call that YouTube is rapidly gaining ground in the TV landscape. On Tuesday, Nielsen released its April 2025 “Media Distributor Gauge” report, which showed that YouTube has achieved a significant milestone: It has maintained the largest share of TV viewing for three consecutive months, now accounting for 12.4% [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We&#8217;re absolutely thrilled to announce that Eunice Kim, chief product officer of Netflix, will be joining us on the main stage at TechCrunch Disrupt&#8217;s 20th anniversary celebration this October 27-29 at Moscone West in San Francisco! As we mark two decades of TechCrunch Disrupt, there&#8217;s perhaps no better embodiment of transformative growth than Netflix&#8217;s journey [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Kesha may have taken the dollar sign out of her name, but now, the singer is thinking about money again &#8212; not for herself, but to fund the seed round of her new startup, Smash. According to Kesha&#8217;s Instagram post, Smash will be a &#8220;community-based platform to connect and protect music creators,&#8221; which aligns with [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Spotify says its ability to direct its customers to external payment links in its iOS app has already had a positive impact on sales. In a newly filed amicus brief in support of Epic Games in its ongoing legal battle with Apple over external payments on the App Store, Spotify claims its internal data indicates [&hellip;]</p>

<p>With TikTok still facing the possibility of a ban in the U.S., the popularity of short-form video content continues to grow. The latest company to enter this space is TED, the non-profit best known for its TED Talks featuring prominent figures like Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and the late Pope Francis.&nbsp; On Wednesday, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Google is launching a way to quickly check whether an image, video, audio file, or snippet of text was created using one of its AI tools. SynthID Detector, announced Tuesday at Google I/O 2025, is a verification portal that uses Google&#8217;s SynthID watermarking technology to help identify AI-generated content. Users can upload a file, and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Google announced at Google I/O 2025 that it is making the AI model that powers its experimental music production app, MusicFX DJ, available via an API. The model, Lyria RealTime, is now in Google&#8217;s Gemini API and AI Studio platform. It can mix musical genres, change instruments, and alter the mood of AI-generated music, giving [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Google&#8217;s latest video-generating AI model, Veo 3, can create audio to go along with the clips that it generates. On Tuesday during the Google I/O 2025 developer conference, Google unveiled Veo 3, which the company claims can generate sound effects, background noises, and even dialogue to accompany the videos it creates. Veo 3 also improves [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Google is rolling out a new image-generating AI model, Imagen 4, that the company claims delivers higher-quality results than its previous image generator, Imagen 3. Unveiled at Google I/O 2025 on Tuesday, Imagen 4 is capable of rendering &#8220;fine details&#8221; like fabrics, water droplets, and animal fur, Google says. The model can handle both photorealistic [&hellip;]</p>

<p>AI Ultra, which is U.S.-only for now, joins a growing group of ultra-premium AI subscriptions.</p>

<p>Amazon Music announced Tuesday that it’s testing a new AI-powered search feature called “Explore,” designed to help fans learn more about their favorite artists.&nbsp; To use this feature, users can tap the “Find” button at the bottom of the screen and enter an artist’s name in the search bar. Then, by selecting the “Explore” tab [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Spotify announced on Monday that Apple has approved a new app update, allowing iPhone users in the U.S. to purchase individual audiobooks directly within the app. Users can also view audiobook prices and easily buy additional listening hours beyond the initial 15 hours. “This change lowers the barriers for more users to embrace their first [&hellip;]</p>

<p>While Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says he likes podcasts, he might not actually be listening to them anymore. That tidbit comes toward the end of a longer Bloomberg profile of Nadella, with a focus on Microsoft’s AI strategy and its complicated relationship with OpenAI. To illustrate how much he uses the company’s Copilot AI assistant [&hellip;]</p>