The Atlantic created a searchable database of the music used to train AI

20 June 2026 at 19:46

A smiling computer surrounded by music notes.

Atlantic reporter Alex Reisner recently uncovered four datasets of music being used to train AI models and made them fully searchable for the public. Two of the sets are absolutely enormous at 12 million and 9 million tracks. The other two are much smaller, but still represent a significant amount of training data at over 100,000 songs each.

According to Reisner, the sets have been downloaded thousands of times and, while it's impossible to know exactly who has used them, Google and Stability have both confirmed they have in research papers. Some of the sources, like the Free Music Archive dataset, are free to stream for personal use but re …

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Musician and YouTuber Hainbach on ‘Breath of the Wild’ and Swiss Army Knives

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By: Terrence O’Brien

20 June 2026 at 16:20

A black and white photo of Hainbach at a table with two pieces of scientific equipment that he uses to make music. — Indulging in the “Dark Souls of synthesis.” | Image: Aleksander Stojanov / Hainbach

Stefan Paul Goetsch, better known as Hainbach, is a German experimental composer, artist, and YouTuber who is perhaps most famous for making music with laboratory equipment and scientific instruments. He describes it as being like the "Dark Souls of synthesis." Despite using "hard mode" production techniques that often rely on telephone line testing equipment and gear salvaged from nuclear testing facilities, Hainbach is also incredibly prolific, releasing six albums in 2025 alone, along with a handful of singles and EPs. His latest, Gentle Hum, is a collaboration with Ah! Kosmos (Turkish composer, Başak Günak). The album is a melancholic co …

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 215 — Disclosure Day

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By: info@space.com (Space.com Staff)

20 June 2026 at 16:16

On Episode 215 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest co-host Susan Karlin talk with bestselling sci-fi/sci-fact author Dr. David Brin.

If you've seen "Disclosure Day" or "Age of Disclosure," you're going to want to join us for this fascinating discussion. Long known for his universe-spanning visions, storytelling skills, and occasionally contrarian viewpoints, Dr. Brin will not disappoint! Our discussion ranged from reactions to Spielberg's "Disclosure Day" to why people believe in AI and more.

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