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Stability AI is an AI company known for open-source generative models, including Stable Diffusion for images and Stable Audio for music and sound.
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Universal Music and ElevenLabs announced a multi-year deal on September 10 for a remix and vocal platform still in development, with no launch date, no price and no participating artist named so far.
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TechCrunch reports that Anthropic's Mythos and Fable went dark for users outside Europe earlier this year. Founders at TechBBQ read that outage as proof that which model you can call gets decided somewhere you do not sit.
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Cara filters AI images and ships Glaze, and neither tool reaches the moment a stranger downloads 12 terabytes of it and posts the archive to Reddit. Three scrapes in August also pushed up the hosting bill.
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Universal, Sony and Warner all took equity in Stability AI's $76 million Series B. Two years after suing AI song generators, the majors are buying the toolmakers.
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Universal, Warner and Sony Music now own a piece of the company selling licensed music models. The money funds a narrower Stability: professional tooling, sold through a plugin.
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A $76M Series B puts four rights holders on a generative-media vendor's cap table. What it does not put anywhere is a disclosed spending commitment, valuation, or revenue figure.
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