Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people – and stop recommending them
Music streaming platform creates ‘AI persona’ label that will appear on profiles and track listings in crackdown on fake performers
The hill I will die on: Remove those earphones – you’re blocking out the music of humanity
Beyond the white noise lies a vibrant world of possibility, so take your headphones off and listen to your surroundings. It may even save your life, says author Stefan Stern
Ring Cycle review – AI staging dispenses with drama to create banal bric-a-brac
For the festival’s 150th anniversary, the creative team have turned to AI to generate visuals reflecting Wagner’s tetralogy’s past, present – and future. The hyperactive result is a dismal, mindless mess
Robert Laidlow: Reality Eaters album review – wildly imaginative and intricate, but eminently approachable
Einstein’s field equations, Newton’s universal law and artificial intelligence are among the subjects of Laidlow’s ambitious orchestral works
Open earbuds let you tune in without tuning out the world. Here are the five best pairs in the US
Don’t float through the world in an AirPod bubble – enjoy music or podcasts and carry on using these tested favorites
Is the most popular song played on Australian radio stations the product of generative AI?
Josh Fawaz’s song, a cover of Like a Prayer, has raised questions about how generative AI is being used in music and whether it should be declared
‘Don’t kill music’: Anthony Albanese’s favourite bands beg PM to stop AI companies from stealing their work
A potential deal with the government would allow international tech companies to mine the creative work of Australian musicians. Some of the prime minister’s favourite artists told the Guardian how they feel about it
The Guardian view on the analogue resurgence: the shock of the old
Editorial: Long-abandoned formats such as cassettes and VHS tapes are finding new life as consumers seek a digital detox
AI ‘art’ is boring, soulless theft – and when I see it as an artist I see red
I draw the old way – with my hand. Doing it with AI would not make me more creative, it would drain the colour out of my existence
Spotify boss defends move to AI music, saying it is better than ‘slop’
Streaming platform says remix tool agreed with Universal Music Group will protect artists from piracy
Spotify and Universal Music agree deal to let subscribers create AI remixes
Licensing agreement will allow listeners to use AI to create content on streaming platform for first time
John Lennon: The Last Interview review – Soderbergh imagines there’s no people with bland AI clipshow
Cannes film festival: Succession of pointless AI-generated snippets does nothing for film about the artist’s final interview, which took place on the day of his murder
Molière Ex Machina: AI used to create ‘new work’ by beloved French playwright
Comedy debuts at Versailles featuring dialogue, music, costumes and scenery created with help of AI tool Le Chat
Taylor Swift files trademarks for voice and image amid concern over AI misuse
The singer’s company filed three applications on Friday after Matthew McConaughey launched similar strategy
Man used AI to make false statements to shut down London nightclub, police say
Heaven club neighbour admits offences under Licensing Act, as Met says fictitious AI-generated complaints a growing issue