Industry Jul 18, 2026
AI Music Generator Suno Accused of Widespread Data Scraping
404 Media reports that in training its models, the AI music generation platform lifted at least "2,013,545 music clips" from YouTube Music alone
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MusicRadar
The AI music generation platform Suno has allegedly scraped millions of music clips from various online sources, according to a report by 404 Media. Hacked data indicates that Suno acquired at least 2,013,545 music clips solely from YouTube Music. The data also suggests that the platform accessed content from Deezer and stock music libraries during its model training process.