Major record labels Sony Music , Universal Music Group and Warner Records sued artificial intelligence companies Suno and Udio on Monday, accusing them of committing mass copyright infringement by using the labels' recordings to train music-generating AI systems.
The companies copied music without permission to teach their systems to create music that will "directly compete with, cheapen, and ultimately drown out" human artists' work, according to federal lawsuits filed against Udio in New York and Suno in Massachusetts.
Representatives for Suno and Udio did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the complaints.
AI companies have argued that their systems make fair use of copyrighted material.
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Suno and New York-based Udio have raised millions in funding this year for their AI systems, which create music in response to user text prompts.
Persons:
Udio, Mariah Carey's, James Brown's, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Mitch Glazier
Organizations:
Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Warner Records, Udio, Suno, Recording Industry Association of America
Locations:
New York, Suno, Massachusetts, Cambridge , Massachusetts