Warner Music Group Partners With Suno To Offer AI Likenesses of Its Artists

Warner Music Group has reached a licensing deal with Suno that will let users create AI-generated music using the voices and likenesses of artists who opt in. WMG says participating artists will have 'full control' over how their likeness and music are used. 'These will be new creation experiences from artists who do opt in, which will open up new revenue streams for them and allow you to interact with them in new ways,' Suno says, adding that users will be able to 'build around' an artist's sounds 'and ensure they get compensated.' WMG is also dropping its previous lawsuit accusing Suno of scraping copyrighted material.

'Along with the licensing agreement, Suno is planning to use licensed music from WMG to build next-gen music generation models that it claims will surpass its flagship v5 model,' adds The Verge. 'It will also start requiring users to have a paid account to download songs starting next year, with each tier providing a specific number of downloads each month.'

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