The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence in the music industry has sparked a fierce debate regarding intellectual property and the rights of creators. Last week, The Atlantic published a report detailing how major artists, ranging from Bad Bunny to Nirvana, have had their work utilized in datasets to train AI models. The investigation identified over 21 million recordings across four datasets, a revelation that has prompted significant backlash from the creative community. Among those speaking out is SZA, who recently discovered that hundreds of her own tracks—including unreleased material—were used without her consent.

Taking to social media, the SOS singer expressed her outrage, labeling the practice as a form of theft that poses an existential threat to musicians, particularly Black artists. She shared a screengrab confirming that 238 of her songs had been ingested by AI training models, stating, “If your a musician and you support this degenerate shit? Your disgusting and there’s NOTHING YOU COULD EVER SAY TO ME TO MAKE THIS OKAY.”

Jus checked and music Ai has Trained off 238 of my songs. Im certain some unreleased. If your a musician and you support this degenerate shit? Your disgusting and there’s NOTHING YOU COULD EVER SAY TO ME TO MAKE THIS OKAY. I hope u have the life u deserve.

SZA also highlighted the personal impact of this technology, specifically referencing her niece, a budding musician who writes and produces her own music. “Now Her unreleased song that she teased and others were stolen.. before she can even get off the ground? It’s not right. It’s not fair. if u care ab the future ..Protect the youth,” she wrote.

The artist further directed her criticism toward Diplo, who has been a vocal proponent of AI in music production. SZA accused the producer of having equity in the AI platform Suno and leveraging it to exploit the work of Black creators. “I AINT HEARD A WHITE AI SONG YET.. why so disproportionate? We have no protection in legislature medical or creative. The easiest to steal from . DO NOT GIVE AWAY YOUR VIBRANIUM !!! DO NOT TRAIN AI W YOUR GENIUS,” she declared.

lonno who needs to hear this but diplo has equity in suno and is actively attempting to train it on the best and brightest black minds of writers and producers. We make up 13% of the American population yet influence the world w our sound and perspective. I AINT HEARD A WHITE AI SONG YET.. why so disproportionate? We have no protection in legislature medical or creative. The easiest to steal from . DO NOT GIVE AWAY YOUR VIBRANIUM !!! DO NOT TRAIN AI W YOUR GENIUS. Fuck these weird ass vultures. I want smoke all summer

While there is no public documentation confirming Diplo as an investor in Suno, he has openly praised the software’s capabilities in recent interviews, noting that he uses it for idea generation. The discourse surrounding AI in music continues to intensify, with other artists like Tyler The Creator and producer Kenneth Blume (FKA Kenny Beats) also voicing strong opposition to the data-scraping practices of these companies.

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@suno You are true losers. Whoever’s running this account, and your boss, and their bosses boss. I can’t imagine going into work daily knowing you are stealing from countless struggling musicians. I can’t imagine being proud to earn a paycheck obliterating the work and dreams of artists. Get fucked, every single one of you