New tools make it harder for AI to train off copyrighted music
New tools make it harder for AI to train off copyrighted music  
Podcast: Marketplace Tech
Published On: Thu Aug 21 2025
Description: Last month, a band called The Velvet Sundown surged in popularity on Spotify with its 70s inflected rock. Yeah, it was all generated by AI. Synthetic music is getting better and better, leaving a lot of human artists concerned that their original work could be used to feed the machines that might take their jobs. Now some researchers are fighting back with a tool called “MusicShield.”