FILE PHOTO: Universal Music Group logo and stock graph seen displayed in this illustration taken, May 3, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo:Major record labels Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Records sued artificial intelligence companies Suno and Udio on Monday, accusing them of committing mass copyright infringement by using the labels' recordings to train music-generating AI systems.
Representatives for Suno and Udio did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the complaints. The labels asked the courts to award statutory damages of up to $150,000 per song the defendants allegedly copied. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Suno and New York-based Udio have raised millions in funding this year for their AI systems, which create music in response to user text prompts.