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SoundCloud changes policies to allow AI training on user content


SoundCloud appears to have quietly changed its terms of use to allow the company to train AI on audio that users upload to its platform.

As spotted by tech ethicist Ed-Newton Rex, the latest version of SoundCloud’s terms include a provision giving the platform permission to use uploaded content to “inform, train, [or] develop” AI. Last year, SoundCloud partnered with nearly a dozen vendors to bring AI-powered tools for remixing, generating vocals, and creating custom samples to its platform. BOOK NOW A number of content hosting and social media platforms have changed their policies in recent months to allow for first- and third-party AI training.

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