Suno seeks to keep AI training data size confidential in UMG and Sony copyright lawsuit
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Summary
AI music company Suno is asking a federal court to keep secret the exact number of audio files used to train its AI music generation model, arguing that disclosure would give competitors an unfair advantage. This comes in response to a press opposition urging the court to unseal training data evidence in a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment. Suno's CTO argued that revealing the data could allow rivals to benchmark their systems against Suno's model.
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· 3 pulledSuno has asked a federal court to keep secret the exact number of audio files it used to train its AI music generation model – arguing that disclosing the figure would give rivals a competitive advantage.
Suno CTO Georg Kucsko argued that if rivals obtain access to Suno's model, this could allow them to benchmark their own systems against that of Suno.
Suno filed its statement in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Friday (May 29), responding to a press opposition from Inner City Press that had urged the court to unseal training data evidence in the copyright infringement lawsuit.
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