The music industry’s AI fight

The Verge's Nilay Patel and David Pierce chat with Switched on Pop's Charlie Harding about the RIAA lawsuit against AI music startups Udio and Suno. Later, Nilay and David discuss the rest of this week's tech and gadget news.

Further reading:

• What the RIAA lawsuits against Udio and Suno mean for AI and copyright 
• Major record labels sue AI company behind ‘BBL Drizzy’ 
• Good 4 who? How music copyright has gone too far 
• Samsung just announced a date for its next Unpacked
• Google announces surprise Pixel 9 hardware event in August
• Motorola’s 2024 Razr phones are ready to make a splash 
• Beats Pill review: much easier to swallow this time
• Ultimate Ears announces new Everboom speaker, Boom 4 with USB-C, and more 
• Ludacris Performs Free Concert With JBL Speaker: Here's Where You Can Buy One for Summer
• Apple will soon offer better support for third-party iPhone displays and batteries
• Distance Technologies augmented reality car heads-up display hands-on
• Seven things I learned about the Sony car while playing Gran Turismo inside one 
• Rivian teases five new vehicles, and I have no idea what they are
• A group of Rabbit R1 jailbreakers found a massive security flaw
• Meta is connecting Threads more deeply with the fediverse
• ChatGPT’s Mac app is here, but its flirty advanced voice mode has been delayed
• Verizon’s new V logo arrives as the lines blur between 5G, Fios, and streaming
• Supreme Court rules Biden administration’s communications with social media companies were not illegal coercion
• Tesla Cybertruck recalled again, this time over faulty wiper and trim

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