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title: "Suno snatched millions of songs from YouTube, Genius, and Deezer"
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description: "Data from a hacking incident reveals that AI music generator Suno trained its models by scraping millions of songs and lyrics from platforms like YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. This disclosure provides rare insight into Suno's training data amid ongoing lawsuits, including one by the RIAA, alleging copyright infringement in its AI development."
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# Suno snatched millions of songs from YouTube, Genius, and Deezer

So when is fair use actually just stealing? | Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo from Getty Images 

Suno data obtained in a hacking incident has exposed that the AI music generator was trained by scraping millions of songs and lyrics from online audio platforms, including YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius, *404 Media* reports. Given that Suno has avoided revealing what's in its training datasets and how they were acquired, this a rare glimpse into what Suno has *actually* been taking from online platforms.

That's relevant because Suno has been the subject of several lawsuits that allege it used copyrighted materials to train its AI models. In a notable case filed by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), Suno openly admitted th …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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