{"rewrite":{"id":"r_70ef76550c85a088cf0ca3ae","clusterId":"c_8009aded4867f586f54a9d56","slug":"report-finds-tens-of-millions-of-songs-in-ai-training-datasets","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Report Finds Tens of Millions of Songs in AI Training Datasets","summary":"The Atlantic identified four music datasets used for AI training, containing tens of millions of songs, including copyrighted works by artists like Taylor Swift and The Beatles. The datasets, distributed as links to YouTube and Spotify, have been downloaded thousands of times. Google and Stability have stated they used them.","whyItMatters":"The finding provides concrete evidence of the scale of copyrighted music in AI training data, directly supporting the copyright lawsuits against Suno and Udio filed by major record labels.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Atlantic\u0026#39;s Alex Reisner found four music datasets shared in the AI development community. One dataset contains 12 million songs, another 9 million, and two more each hold over 100,000 songs. The collections include works by Bad Bunny, Nirvana, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Pearl Jam, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, and The Beatles. Three of the four datasets are collections of links to songs on YouTube or Spotify, which AI developers download using automated tools that bypass login and ads, violating platform terms of service. The fourth dataset comes from the copyright-free Free Music Archive. Google and Stability have acknowledged using these datasets in their research papers. The Atlantic published a searchable database of the songs involved.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The Atlantic found four music datasets used for AI training, containing tens of millions of songs, including copyrighted tracks by Taylor Swift, The Beatles, and others. Google and Stability used them. The findings back the RIAA lawsuits against Suno and Udio.","twitterPost":"The Atlantic identified four music datasets with tens of millions of songs used for AI training, including copyrighted works by Taylor Swift, The Beatles, and others. Google and Stability used them. The findings support the RIAA lawsuits against Suno and Udio.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"The Atlantic identified four music datasets used for AI training, containing tens of millions of songs, including copyrighted works by major artists. The datasets, distributed as links to YouTube and Spotify, have been downloaded thousands of times. Google and Stability have stated they used them, lending weight to the copyright lawsuits against Suno and Udio.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"GIGAZINE\",\"url\":\"https://gigazine.net/news/20260621-songs-mashed-into-ai-generated-music/\",\"title\":\"It Has Been Pointed Out That Tens of Millions of Songs Are Being Distributed as Datasets Available for AI Training, Serving as Fodder for AI-Generated Music\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4204,"outputTokens":568,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1782008722,"createdAt":"2026-06-21T02:13:18.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-06-21T02:17:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-21T02:17:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_8009aded4867f586f54a9d56","canonicalTitle":"何千万もの楽曲がAIのトレーニングに利用可能なデータセットとして配布されておりAI生成楽曲の肥やしになっているとの指摘","representativeArticleId":"a_e2e3a3d6001e528b6ce83aed","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"music\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-06-21T01:30:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-06-21T01:30:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-21T02:17:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"GIGAZINE","url":"https://gigazine.net/news/20260621-songs-mashed-into-ai-generated-music/","title":"何千万もの楽曲がAIのトレーニングに利用可能なデータセットとして配布されておりAI生成楽曲の肥やしになっているとの指摘"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"music","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["The Atlantic identified four music datasets used for AI training, containing tens of millions of songs.","One dataset contains 12 million songs, another 9 million, and two more each hold over 100,000 songs.","The datasets include copyrighted works by artists such as Taylor Swift, The Beatles, Bad Bunny, Nirvana, Billie Eilish, and Pearl Jam.","Three of the four datasets are collections of links to songs on YouTube or Spotify, which AI developers download using automated tools that bypass login and ads.","Google and Stability have acknowledged using these datasets in their research papers."]}