US EditionSoundCloud changes policies to allow AI training on user content
- SoundCloud updated its terms of service in February 2024 to allow user-uploaded content to be used for training AI technologies within its platform.
- This change followed broader industry trends and legal scrutiny around AI training on copyrighted materials but SoundCloud denies using artist content for generative AI training to date.
- SoundCloud emphasizes AI use cases like personalized recommendations, fraud detection, and content organization while implementing technical safeguards including a 'no AI' tag to prevent unauthorized data use.
- A SoundCloud representative stated that the company has not utilized artists’ material to train artificial intelligence systems and clarified that it neither creates AI tools nor permits external parties to collect content from its platform for AI training.
- The update suggests SoundCloud plans to responsibly integrate AI to support artists while maintaining control and transparency, though some critics call for clearer opt-out options and ongoing dialogue.
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Soundcloud changed its AI policy so it can train on users' audio
If you don't want AI to scrape your music to learn, then it might be time to leave Soundcloud. The music streaming platform quietly updated its terms of service sometime last year to allow AI to train on audio uploaded to Soundcloud, TechCrunch reported this week. “You explicitly agree that your Content may be used to inform, train, develop or serve as input to artificial intelligence or machine intelligence technologies or services as part of a…
SoundCloud Says It “Has Never Used Artist Content to Train AI Models” After Backlash on Terms of Service Change
SoundCloud clarified that it isn't using artists' music to train AI models following backlash online over the platform's updated terms of service.
SoundCloud faces backlash after adding an AI training clause in its user terms
SoundCloud is facing backlash after creators took to social media to complain upon discovering that the music-sharing platform uses uploaded music to train its AI systems. According to SoundCloud’s terms of use, unless a separate agreement states otherwise, users “explicitly agree that your Content may be used to inform, train, develop, or serve as input to artificial intelligence or machine intelligence technologies or services as part of and f…
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