Viral ‘BBL Drizzy’ AI Drake diss track company gets sued

[RamsayBolton]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/24/tech/riaa-lawsuit-ai-copyright-infringement/index.html

A group of major record labels is suing two AI startups, alleging they wrongfully used popular artists’ work to train their systems to produce copyrighted music without their consent.


The Recording Industry Association of America – the trade group on behalf of labels including Sony Music Entertainment, UMG Recordings and Warner Records – filed two copyright infringement cases against AI companies Suno and Uncharted Labs, the developer behind Udio, for training their AI models with the labels’ unlicensed sound recordings.


Udio is the company behind “BBL Drizzy,” the AI-generated song that went viral last month during the Kendrick Lamar and Drake spat. Udio was founded last year by former Google DeepMind researchers to make it “easy for anyone to create emotionally resonant music in an instant,” according to the company. In April, it raised $10 million in funding.


Meanwhile, Suno raised $125 million in funding last month. The platform, which allows users to create songs with only a few prompts, relies on OpenAI’s ChatGPT for lyrics and title development.

 

[The_Sheff]

I thought Metro made BBL Drizzy.

 

[King Poetic]

I thought Metro made BBL Drizzy.

I think he remix it after

 

[Scottie Drippin]

I thought Metro made BBL Drizzy.

He made the beat. The BBL Drizzy vocal is AI like people made fake old time sounding shyt

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Song is beautiful

 

[critical_temp]

I thought Metro made BBL Drizzy.

He got you. It's from here

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

The suit isn’t because of BBL Drizzy itself. The first paragraph states the true nature of the suit. It has merit but I don’t see how it can be proven in a civil matter. If I was the defendant, I’d offer a small take it or leave it stake for the labels to move the heck on.

The suit in laymen’s terms is the company used licensed music to train its A.I. to recreate similar music.