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Spotify expands AI remix project with Merlin partnership

Spotify announced during its Q2 earnings call that Merlin, a licensing partner for independent labels and distributors, has joined Universal Music Group on the company’s forthcoming AI-powered fan remix and covers product. The deal brings more than 30,000 labels from Merlin’s network into the effort. Spotify says the tool will enable fan-made covers and remixes only with participating artists’ consent, will credit and compensate artists, and will launch as a paid add-on; a limited research preview will be made available to a subset of users, though no release date was provided. Company executives framed the product as distinct from fully synthetic AI music and as a legal, artist-consented way to participate in generative music trends. The article also notes industry context, including Deezer saying over 50% of daily track uploads are AI-generated.

Winamp partners with Deezer for new music player

Winamp announced a strategic partnership with Deezer to power its upcoming premium music subscription service using Deezer’s white-label technology and global licensed music catalog, while Winamp retains its branding and user experience. The collaboration is part of a broader relaunch centered on a next-generation Winamp Player planned for the first half of 2027, which will combine premium streaming with local libraries, internet radio, podcasts, cloud collections and other audio sources. Winamp says its free desktop player is actively used by more than 40 million users. Details on pricing and other product features remain limited.

Suno breach exposed data of 55.3M users

A November 2025 cyberattack on AI music generator Suno resulted in theft of a dataset affecting about 55.3 million people, according to breach tracker Have I Been Pwned, which obtained a copy of the breached data. Stolen fields reportedly include customer names, physical addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, purchase records and partial payment card numbers and expiry dates from Suno’s Stripe account. The intrusion also included Suno’s source code, which allegedly showed mass-scraping of songs and lyrics from streaming sites such as Deezer, Genius and YouTube to train its AI. The breach was first revealed publicly after reporting by 404 Media; Suno did not initially notify users publicly, though a Suno spokesperson later confirmed the company experienced a security incident in November 2025 and did not dispute the affected-user count.