A hacker who compromised a Suno employee's credentials accessed source code reportedly showing the AI music startup scraped hundreds of thousands of hours of audio from YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius, including searches for a cappella tracks to isolate vocals for training. Suno says the leaked code is outdated and no longer in use.
Why it matters
The leak lands in the middle of Universal and Sony's copyright suits against Suno and could undercut its fair-use defense — with implications for how every generative AI company sources training data.
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