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STARTUPS · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Sean Parker and Stability AI shift focus to music with label-backed funding

Sean Parker and CEO Prem Akkaraju are repositioning Stability AI as a maker of AI tools for music professionals. In late August the company announced $76 million in funding that includes investments from Sony, Warner and Universal and licensing of their catalogs, and has released three audio models and new AI music-editing software (an update to accept humming/beatboxing is planned).

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REGULATION · 1 SOURCE · The Verge AI

Sony and UMG sue Suno, allege 'model laundering' in Suno v6

Sony and Universal Music Group have filed a new lawsuit against Suno, alleging that Suno’s v6 music model still infringes their copyrights because it was trained on outputs of earlier models that were themselves trained on unlicensed music. The complaint accuses Suno of 'model laundering' and alleges use of distillation; Suno has said v6 was trained 'from the ground up' with a new dataset that includes user creations but has not detailed the sources.

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