Suno adds watermarks for AI music spam | Google Maps books hotels

Suno, the AI music generator, is rolling out audio watermarking and download caps as part of a settlement with Warner Music Group, aiming to curb the flood of low-quality AI songs onto streaming platforms. Meanwhile, Google Maps is turning its “Ask Maps” feature into a full transaction engine that can book hotels, order food, and buy event tickets directly in the app. These are just two of several developments in a busy week for AI, which also includes a $100 million compute deal for a self-improving AI startup, a wave of false-positive AI moderation bans on Discord and Reddit, and a $28.5 million raise for a company that lets AI agents spin up entire businesses.

Suno’s Watermarking and the Fight Against AI Music Spam

Suno is implementing audio fingerprinting and watermarking to help platforms like Spotify and Apple Music identify AI-generated tracks. This comes as part of a settlement with Warner Music Group, which sued Suno over allegedly scraping unlicensed music. The goal is to stop low-quality AI songs from flooding streaming services without disclosure. Deezer, for example, already has a tool that detects AI music and removes tracks that don’t hit a certain stream threshold, effectively cleaning out spam that gets no traction.