The new agreement focuses on, among other things, unauthorized AI-generated content. Credit: Skorzewiak / Shutterstock Social media giant Meta and the music company Universal Music Group, UMG, are expanding their previous long-term music agreement. The new deal allows Meta’s users to share songs from Universal’s music library on Meta-owned Facebook, Instagram, Horizon, Threads and Whatsapp without violating copyright, Techcrunch reports . The pact will also concern the treatment of “unauthorized AI-generated content.” This refers to when music is data scraped by AI systems, often without the creator’s consent. “We look forward to continuing to work together to address unauthorized AI-generated content that may affect artists and songwriters so that UMG can continue to protect their rights both now and in the future,” Michael Nash, Universal Music Group’s chief digital officer and executive vice president, said in a statement. Related content opinion AI and AR can supercharge ‘ambient computing’ A 33-year-old vision is now fully realizable thanks to the coming ubiquity of generative AI and augmented reality (AR) glasses. By Mike Elgan Aug 16, 2024 7 mins Augmented Reality Technology Industry Virtual Reality opinion Agentic RAG AI — more marketing hype than tech advance CIOs are so desperate to stop generative AI hallucinations they’ll believe anything. Unfortunately, Agentic RAG isn’t new and its abilities are exaggerated. By Evan Schuman Aug 16, 2024 5 mins Technology Industry Generative AI Emerging Technology news Researchers tackle AI fact-checking failures with new LLM training technique Deductive Closure Training (DCT) looks to address the problems of LLM bias, misleading information, and outright contradiction. By John E. Dunn Aug 15, 2024 4 mins Generative AI IBM Technology Industry news brief Hollywood unions OK AI-cloned voices in commercials But companies must first obtain consent from the actor for any ad that uses the digital voice copy. By Viktor Eriksson Aug 15, 2024 1 min Generative AI Technology Industry Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe