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Google won’t just admit it’s feeding YouTube creators to its music AI

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Google won’t just admit it’s feeding YouTube creators to its music AI

TL;DR

  • Independent musicians are suing Google, claiming their YouTube uploads were used to train the Lyria music AI.
  • Google argues that YouTube's terms of service grant them a broad license to use uploaded content.
  • The company has previously stated that YouTube content is used to train other AI models like Gemini and Veo.
  • Google has declined to comment specifically on whether YouTube uploads are used to train Lyria.
  • Maintaining plausible deniability is seen as a strategic move by Google due to the pending litigation.