Recently, the artificial intelligence music creation platform Suno announced a major upgrade to its music editing tool. This update was posted on Suno's official blog at a time when it is facing copyright litigation from major record companies. These record companies, including Sony Music, Universal Music, and Warner Music, are negotiating with Suno and its competitor Udio regarding the licensing of music recordings.
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According to reports from The Wall Street Journal, record companies hope to have a say in determining which tools AI music platforms develop and how these tools operate. One important requirement is the introduction of technology similar to YouTube's Content ID. This technology can track the usage of specific songs on AI platforms and ensure that the correct rights holders receive revenue from advertising. The success of Content ID is widely regarded as having resolved long-standing disputes between YouTube and music copyright holders.
Meanwhile, Suno continues to actively develop new products and features. The upgraded song editor tool allows users to upload unfinished musical works and re-arrange or remix them. The new song editor can also modify lyrics and increase the maximum duration of uploaded tracks to eight minutes. Users can start creating new tracks by humming melodies or entering text prompts and use three new "creative sliders" to adjust the "weirdness," structure, and "reference-driven" level of the track.
In addition, users can complete their work in the song editor or divide it into up to 12 tracks (such as vocals, drums, bass, etc.) and export these tracks to their chosen digital audio workstation (DAW). This upgrade took place less than a month after Suno released version 4.5 of its platform, which improved the range and emotional depth of AI-generated vocal performances, allowing users to create diverse performances ranging from delicate to powerful.
However, Suno and Udio continue to face copyright infringement lawsuits. Last year, Sony, Universal, and Warner's parent companies filed a lawsuit claiming that the two companies had massively infringed on copyright recordings and provided evidence showing that the music generated by these tools was very similar, if not identical, to existing songs when prompted. In response to the lawsuit last August, Suno and Udio essentially admitted that their AI models were trained on copyrighted music but argued that this should be considered a "fair use" exemption under copyright law.
In a funding round in spring 2024, Suno raised $125 million from multiple technology companies and venture capital funds, valuing the company at $500 million.
Key Points:
🌟 Suno announced an upgrade to its AI music editing tool, allowing users to upload and remix unfinished works.
🎶 Record companies hope to introduce Content ID technology to track the usage of music on AI platforms.
💰 Suno raised $125 million in a funding round in spring 2024, valuing the company at $500 million.
