Universal asks streaming platforms to block AI access of music catalogue

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Universal Music Group (UMG) has called for streaming services to block AI companies from accessing music from its artists’ back catalogues and using their music to train AI software.

The request was made in an email sent last month to platforms including Spotify and Apple Music, according to reporting from the Financial Times.

In the email – which has been verified by Billboard – UMG outlined how it had become aware that certain AI services had been trained on music that…