In another attempt seemingly aimed at pushing more users towards its Premium subscription service, Spotify has begun restricting access to song lyrics on its free tier.

While Spotify hasn’t issued an official announcement, the company did confirm to TechCrunch that features can vary over time, between markets and across devices. This response suggests the change may be more than just a limited test, although Spotify has yet to confirm any specific affected regions or users.

Spotify’s confirmation to the news outlet follows posts on Reddit from disgruntled users who encountered messages indicating a limit on how many lyrics they could view.

French audio technology company Ircam Amplify has introduced a new tool aimed at identifying music created using artificial intelligence.

The tool called AI-Generated Detector is targeted towards record labels, publishers, rights organizations, distributors, and music streaming platforms. Ircam Amplify says that it can scan up to 5,000 music tracks in under a minute with an accuracy rate of 98.5%.

That is slightly higher than Believe’s new software called AI Radar, launched in November 2023, which Believe says can detect AI-made music with a 98% accuracy rate. In September 2023, TikTok said it was working on an automatic AI content detection tool as it launched a new protocol to label AI-generated content on its platform.

Rumors have been circulating online for some time that Spotify was planning to launch an AI-powered playlist feature. Now, the Sweden-headquartered music streaming service has unveiled that feature – at least in a few markets.

The new AI Playlist tool is rolling out in beta form to Spotify Premium subscribers on Android and iOS devices in the UK and Australia, the company announced in a statement on Sunday (April 7)

Warner Chappell Music (WCM) announced Monday (April 15) an exclusive publishing agreement with Electronic Arts (EA) to manage music across the gaming giant’s extensive library.

This partnership includes soundtracks from world-renowned titles like EA Sports’ sports simulation games to action-adventure, role-playing experiences, and more. The deal also involves WCM leveraging its roster of songwriters and producers to collaborate on new music projects with EA.

EA develops and publishes games, content and online services for consoles, mobile devices and PCs. The company is behind popular titles like EA SPORTS FC, Battlefield, Apex Legends, The Sims, EA SPORTS Madden NFL, Need for Speed, Titanfall, Plants vs. Zombies and EA SPORTS F1.

MusicFX still has a limited rollout: it’s available in the US, New Zealand, Kenya and Australia. So, 10m tracks created in those four countries alone so far

Tidal will now offer a single subscription for $10.99 a month, including the catalogue of FLAC and Dolby Atmos music that it used to charge $19.99 a month for with HiFi Plus