The open war is over. One of the three major record labels has officially stopped the fight against artificial intelligence to join forces with Sunothe largest generative music platform.
It's the most tangible sign yet that the world's biggest record labels are embracing AI. The leading artificial intelligence music platform, Sunoannounced Tuesday that it had settled the lawsuit brought by Warner Music Group (WMG) regarding the use of its songs in the training data of Suno. From now on, Suno And WMG come together to create a “next generation licensed AI music”.
The agreement follows the announcement by Sunolast week, of a fundraising of 250 million dollars.
A paradigm shift
The CEO of Suno, Mikey Shulman — whose company claims to have attracted 100 million users and is the driving force behind most viral AI-generated music — called the deal “paradigm shift in the way music is made, consumed, experienced and shared”. In a blog post addressed to the user community of Sunohe stressed that the current operation of the platform — which includes the creation of songs from written prompts and uploaded audio — would continue. “You will always be able to create original songs like you like to do today”he wrote.
(There Music Artists Coalition did not immediately respond to request for comment from WECB on the Suno-WMG agreement.)
The agreement ofUdio with Universal meant that users could no longer upload their creations from the platform — which caused an outcry among users — but Suno obtained more favorable conditions with WMG : Downloads will continue for paying users, subject to a monthly limit to be announced. (Suno Studio, aimed at power users, will continue to have unlimited downloads.) “We know that being able to upload the songs you make into Suno is very important to the Suno community, and this feature is not going away”wrote Shulman.
The Suno-WMG agreement will also introduce what Suno described as “new experiences for fan engagement”allowing users to create content featuring artists' voices, compositions and likenesses Warner participants. Artists and songwriters will be able to decide whether to join or not, depending on the two companies.
As part of the agreement, Suno acquired the concert discovery platform Songkick near WMG — the idea, according to the company's press release, being to “bringing together the power of interactive music with live performance”. Neither company has disclosed financial terms of the settlement or ongoing partnership.
At the end of the day, Shulman promised users to Suno : “We're moving toward a world where people don't just press play — they play along with their music. »
