A record number of authors and other copyright holders have filed claims for compensation for the use of works covered by the $1.5 billion settlement between AI firm Anthropic and a class of authors, alongside their publishers, in the Bartz v. Anthropic lawsuit, according to a ​filing with the US District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco. The April 16 filing reads: "In accordance with the Joint Case Management Statement filed on January 15, 2026, Plaintiffs respectf...

Splice has unveiled a new suite of AI tools — Variations, Craft, and Magic Fit — that extend the music creation platform's established creator payment model into generative AI. "With these new tools, every sample in Splice’s catalogue of more than 3 million, remains traceable to its original creator, with compensation extending to AI-generated variations as well," said the company. The tools include Variations, available in the Sounds plugin, which lets producers create new versions of any Splic...

Independent music publishing and rights management company Kobalt has started a strategic partnership with Udio, the AI-powered music creation platform, which includes the licensing of Kobalt's catalogue through an opt-in process. The two companies said the agreement "forges a path for collaboration on Udio’s licensed AI music creation service," which is expected to launch later this year. Udio’s new platform will be trained on authorised and licensed music. "The new partnership establishes an i...