Suno Drops New AI Model — Trained on Real, Licensed Music
AI music platform Suno just launched its most controversial upgrade yet: V6, V6-wild, and V6-mini, three new models built entirely on licensed tracks from Warner Music Group, BMG, and Believe Music.
CEO Mikey Shulman is calling it a “blueprint” for how AI and the music industry can actually work together, instead of against each other. Translation: labels get paid, Suno gets legal cover, and users get new tools, including sample creation, plain-language edit commands, and songs generated from images and video.
But don’t call it settled. Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and singer-songwriter Jason Isbell are still suing Suno over copyright infringement, and the company won’t say how many songs, or whose, went into training the new models.
The bigger question the industry is asking: is this the blueprint for AI and music coexisting, or just a paycheck for the labels willing to play ball?
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