New Tool Launched to Help Artists Track Use of Their Music by AI Companies (opens in new tab)

An investigation by The Atlantic has revealed that millions of copyrighted songs are being shared within the AI community A new tool allowing artists to check whether their music is potentially being used by AI companies has launched online. AI Watchdog is the work of researcher Alex Reisner, whose investigation for The Atlantic has revealed that AI companies are using four datasets spanning millions of copyrighted songs in order to train their systems. The tool was first launched in 2025 to ...