SoundCloud Says It “HAS NEVER USED ARTIST CONTENT TO Train Ai Models” After Backlash on Terms of Service Change

SoundCloud Has Issued A Statement Clarifying that It isn’st Using Artists’ Content for Generative AI Music, Following Considerable Backlash Over A Cance

In a statement Issued to The Hollywood Reporter On Friday, A SpokesPerson for SoundCloud Said the Platform “Has Never Used Artist Content to Train Ai Models, Nor DO WE DNELOP AI TOOLS or ALLOW TIRD PARTIES TOCRAPE Platform for Ai Training Purposes. ”

“In Fact, We Implemented Technical Safeguards, Including A ‘No ai’ Tag on Our Site to Explicitly Prohibit Unauthorized Use,“ The SpokesPerson Said. The company said that “SoundCloud Has Always Been and Will Remain Artist-FIRST,” ADDING THAT IT BELIEves AI CAN BE AI HELPFUL CREATIVE TOOL FOR ARTISTS and Fair Compensation. ”

SoundCloud’s Statement Comes Following Vocal Criticism from Musicians and Music Industry Advocates Online after the platform’s Updated Terms of Service Had Begun to Make to Make. The Update SAID THAT USERS “Explicitly Agree That Your Content May Be Used To Inform, Train, Develop or Serve As Input To Artificial Intelligence or Machine Intelligence Technologies. services. ”

SoundCloud ConfirMed the Terms of Service Had Been Updated In February 2024. SoundCloud Said It Updated The Tos “To Clarify How Content May of Interact With Ai TECHEL platform. ” Those uses, SoundCloud SAID “INCLUDE PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS, CONTENT ORGANIZATION, Fraud Detection and Improvements to Content Identification With.

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SoundCloud Said on Friday that “Any Application of ai at SoundCloud Will Be DESIGNED TO SUPPORT HUMAN Artists, Enhanceing The Tools, Capabilaites, Reachies, Reachies and Opportunites

“Examples Include Improving Music Recommendations, Generation Playlists, Organization Content and Detecting Fraudulent Activity,“ SoundCloud Said. “TheSE Effrts Are Aligned with Extering Licensing Agreements and Ethical Standards.”

TOSE SERVICES Wuld Align With The Uses of the Company Lists on the Website for Musiiio, an ai Platform SoundCloud Purchased in 2022. In SoundCloud’s Statement, the Company Strctly used to Power Artist Discovery and Content Organization, Not to Train Generative Ai Models. ”

The uses SoundCloud Lists Are Less Controversial Music Generation, Thought Several Musicians Began Sharing Posts Friday Encouroging Other Artists to Consider Taking Their Music.

Among the Among The Among The Advocates Voicing Their Concern Fridage Friday Was Ed Newton-Rex, The Founder of Fairly Trained, a the Non-Prothit That Calls For Ai Companies to The Train Theater Models Ethroms Ethromally Annth, An-Proficiers The Thermal The Theater, Modes of The Theater, Model of The Theater, Model of The Theater, Model of The Theater, Model of The Theater, Modes of The Theater. Creators. Newton-Rex told Thr Friday That HE WAS STILL CONCERned in Light of SoundCloud’s Clarification, Noting That Statement “Doesn’T Actual Rule Out SoundCloud Training Geractor AI Models on ther.

“This is Particularly Worrying Because of the Terms of Service Clearly Allow IT,“ Newton-Rex Said. “I Think It’s Important they Out and Update its terms accounting.

A rep for SoundCloud Said the Terms of Service “Explicitly Prohibits the Use of Licensed Content, Such As Music From Major Labels, For Training Ai Model

For Other Types of Content Uploaded to SoundCloud, The Tos Allows for the Possibility of Ai-Related Use, “The Rep said.“ Importantly, No Such Use Has Taken. Robust International Permissioning Controls to Goventn Potential Future Use. Should We Ever Consider Using User Content to Train Generative Ai Models, We Wound Introduce Clear Opt-Out Mechanisms in Advance-at a minum-an And Remain Committee.