Hello Reader — Happy Tuesday!

If you haven't already, this is your last chance to RSVP for our next member webinar, where we will break down three pivotal music AI trends that will shape the industry in 2025 — much of which is flying under the mainstream radar.

• Date: TOMORROW, Wednesday, October 30, 2024
• Time: 1PM–2:30PM EDT
• Location: Online via Zoom

​In this 90-minute session, W&M team members Cherie Hu (Founder), Alexander Flores (CTO), and Yung Spielburg (AI Analyst) will give you a bird's-eye view on the most hyped music-tech story of the year, drawing from our research on 200+ AI startups, 400+ news developments, and thousands of academic papers.

​We'll map out the current state of the music AI market, followed by a comprehensive breakdown of three key trends:

• Synthetic data: ​AI developers are investing in synthetic training data to achieve more with less — a paradigm that could undermine traditional models of data licensing between developers and rights holders.
• Model controllability: ​AI models are advancing to enable more creative customization and agency, and therefore higher quality, in their outputs — raising critical questions about how professional artists will continue to have leverage in an AI-first world.
• AI content and copyright detection: Numerous tools are emerging to detect audio deepfakes, audit training data, and attribute outputs to specific training inputs — establishing a new, if somewhat rocky, foundation for rights management and IP protection with AI tools.

​​We'll leave at least 20 minutes at the end for audience Q&A. By the end, you'll be equipped with the improved technical literacy, commercial context, and strategic mindset needed to maximize your work with AI in the upcoming year.

Click below to RSVP — our paid members get in free. We look forward to seeing you there!

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