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Artificial Intelligence in Music Generation: Techniques, Applications, and Challenges

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in the field of deep learning, has significantly impacted creative domains such as music generation. From rule-based approaches to powerful generative models, AI is now capable of composing melodies, harmonies, and entire musical pieces with a degree of coherence and creativity previously thought to be uniquely human. This paper explores the evolution of AI-driven music generation, examining key technologies in- cluding Recurrent Neural Networks…

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LSTM and CNN-Based Detection of AI-Generated Classical Music From MIDI Features

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MANAGEMENT OF AI-GENERATED MUSIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

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Artificial intelligence in the music streaming value chain: Exploring artists' and users’ perceptions on content creation and algorithmic consumption

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Reclaiming the Sonic Archive: AI, Data Sovereignty, and the Future of Mijikenda Music

This paper examines the ethical implications and risks of applying artificial intelligence (AI) to Indigenous musical heritage, with a specific focus on the Mijikenda communities in the coast of Kenya. Traditional AI tools, deeply rooted in Western systems of knowledge, carry a significant risk of perpetuating digital colonialism. This manifests through the decontextualisation of sacred musical practices and the infringement of crucial data sovereignty rights. The study aims to analyse the fundamental effects em…

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Musicians must embrace ‘unstoppable force’ of AI, Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart urges

The Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart has said artificial intelligence is an “unstoppable force”, and musicians and other artists should bow to the inevitable and license their music to generative AI platforms. These platforms use artificial intelligence to analyse existing songs and tracks, using that knowledge to generate completely new ones as prompted by a user. For example, someone could ask the AI platform to generate a song about a boozy night out in the style of a Britpop band, and it would draw on song…

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Record Industry Proposes Adding Labels to AI-Generated Music

Over 35 years after the Parental Advisory sticker, the record industry is now weighing whether to place labels on music that utilizes AI.

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Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track

At two minutes 45 seconds it’s about the same length as With a Little Help From My Friends. But Paul McCartney’s first new recording in five years lacks the sing-along tune and jaunty guitar chops because there’s barely anything there. The former Beatle, arguably Britain’s greatest living songwriter, is releasing a track of an almost completely silent recording studio as part of a music industry protest against copyright theft by artificial intelligence companies. In place of catchy melodies and evocative lyrics…

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Integrating AI and cloud-edge technologies for music creation in educational and performance domains

This paper provides a systematic exploration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for music generation within a cloud-edge synergy architecture (i.e. a coordinated cloud–edge computing paradigm where the cloud handles compute-intensive training and high-fidelity generation, while the edge supports latency-sensitive and privacy-critical inference and interaction), focusing on its deep integration and practical applications across educational and performance ecosystems. It begins by reviewing the evolution of key techn…

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Google AI Mode adds more Connected Apps, including YouTube Music

Google’s AI-powered Search experience now supports more third-party Connected Apps in AI Mode, including YouTube Music, Canva, and Instacart. This allows users to complete everyday tasks without leaving the AI interface. The feature, introduced in 2025, can now interact with third-party services and help with tasks like creating playlists, designing graphics, and preparing shopping lists.

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Josh Fawaz's Like a Prayer now has AI credits on Spotify

DJ and music producer Josh Fawaz has updated the song credits on Spotify on his viral track Like a Prayer. Generative AI drums and vocals are now credited.

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Google AI Mode Can Now Create YouTube Music Playlists, Adds Canva and Instacart Support

Google is expanding Connected Apps in AI Mode, allowing users to create YouTube Music playlists, find Canva templates and add groceries directly to their Instacart carts.

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Robert Laidlow: Reality Eaters album review

Robert Laidlow is as at home in the realms of science and technology as he is in the world of classical music. As this NMC debut album demonstrates, his intricate, wildly imaginative work is eminently approachable, even if the core concepts are highly complex. Warp, a terse, 12-minute piano concerto, proposes a musical solution to Einstein’s field equations as the intrepid Joseph Havlat boldly goes where no pianist has gone before amid the distorting fabric of orchestral space-time. Strident orchestral lines spi…

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Music industry launches AI-generated content labels

Several major music industry organizations on Friday unveiled a labelling system for content created with generative artificial intelligence that they would like to see widely adopted.

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Spotify launches a conversational AI that lets you shape what plays by talking to the app

Premium users can now type or speak to Spotify to control playback, explore listening history, and learn about music. Managed accounts for kids also go free.