What is love? (Well it's now bought)

Welcome to M3 Shorts where every Tuesday I cover Web3, AI, & more in the Music Creator Economy

Let’s get right at it. Here is what’s up this past week 🕺🏻

Web3

• Marketplace for NFTs on Sei raises 2.5M🔥 

• USPTO & USCO see no need for new NFT laws📜 

• Roc-A-Fella sues Damon Dash over NFT auction🔒 

• 91% of US internet users stream music - and almost all of them subscribe to more. 🎧 

Metaverse & Gaming

• Its taking longer but VR concerts will be with Big tech 🎤 

• Elpisgame announces Elpis Origin whitelist event🎮

AI

• AI laws in the US: California AI & data use laws🔒 

• New internal AI tools and goals in Spotify ✊ 

• People were not a fan of the AI video at SXSW

• The crack down on AI scam books on Amazon

• EU passes first comprehensive AI regulations🇪🇺 

• Apple acquires AI firm DarwinAI🍏🧠 

• TikTok's AI music-making ambitions revealed🎵 

• Japan's AI copyright 🇯🇵 

• SOUNDRAW raises $3M for AI music generation💰 

Misc

• What is Love (money) BMG acquires Cologne's Coconut Music 🎼

• Growth Equity and APEX partner 🫡

• MatPat predicts YouTube exodus in 2024💔 

Monthly Take by Ash Fishman

Nothing this week. Stay tuned!

New music that slaps on the M3 Playlist🤟:

The M3 Community Playlist is an open-sourced playlist that is curated by the M3 community, who add their newly favorite discovered artists or songs for everyone to hear.

Here are this weeks hits 🤟

• Hold Me While It’s Ending - Chelsea Cutler (ft. Matt Maeson)

• Loner - Terry Presume

• Your Eyes (Part II) - Avi Snow, MVCA, iRO

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See you next week!

- Ash