Record labels sue AI music generators for 'massive infringement of recorded music'

Major music labels are taking on AI startups that they believe trained on their songs without paying. The filings against the AI companies reportedly demand injunctions against future use and damages of up to 150,000 per infringed work. The suits appear aimed at establishing licensed training as the only acceptable industry framework for AI moving forward -- while instilling fear in companies that train their models without consent. Suno AI and Udio AI (Uncharted Labs run the latter) are startups with software that generates music based on text inputs. The former is a partner of Microsoft for its CoPilot music generation tool.