Three music AI trends to watch in 2025: Recording & takeaways

On October 30, 2024, Water & Music hosted a webinar diving into three emerging trends reshaping AI's role in the music industry: Synthetic data, model controllability, and content/copyright detection.

Our goal was to move beyond surface-level AI discussions to examine how these developments are concretely impacting industry power dynamics and value creation.

Below are the full webinar recording and slides, followed by a brief recap of key themes discussed. Links to all the companies, research papers, and news articles cited in the webinar are also provided.


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