Source Code Hack Reveals Suno's AI Was Trained on Millions of YouTube Songs
The hack allegedly confirms the suspicions of record labels and artists that their music is used in the creation of AI music.
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Musicians, streaming services and record labels have been claiming for years that AI music services use their vast collections of human-created music to build their artificial intelligence tools. Now we have a clearer picture of how Suno, an AI company that helps people create AI audio clips and songs, created its music.
A hack of Suno's source code reveals that it trained its AI by scraping massive amounts of music and lyrics from platforms like YouTube Music, Deezer, Genius and stock music libraries, 404 Media reported Wednesday.
The hacker, who goes by the moniker ellie.191, used a supply chain attack vector in November 2025. Screenshots and information shared with 404 Media confirm some of the origins of the company's training data from 2023 and...
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