Furious Grammy winner unloads on 'disgusting' musicians after discovering 238 of her songs were used to train AI models

SZA was sharply critical of music industry colleagues complicit with the use of AI generators in a series of social media posts over the weekend.

The musical artist, 36, expressed her shock to learn that 238 of her songs had allegedly been used as training tools for AI models.

In a post on her private @notmusicatalliswear account, SZA said that material from 'the best and brightest Black minds of writers and producers' was being examined by a company named Suno.

The company, which famed DJ Diplo owns a piece of, was analyzing material aiming to replicate aspects of human-produced music with AI technology, SZA said.

'We make up 13% of the American population yet influence the world [with] our sound and perspective,' said the seven-time Grammy winner. 'I AINT HEARD A WHITE AI SONG YET… We have no protection in legislature medical or creative. The easiest to steal from.'

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'DO NOT GIVE AWAY YOUR VIBRANIUM!!! DO NOT TRAIN AI W YOUR GENIUS.'

The St. Louis native said she was floored that other artists would 'support this degenerate s***,' calling those involved in the process 'DISGUSTING.'

She added, 'There's NOTHING YOU COULD EVER SAY TO ME TO MAKE THIS OKAY. I hope u have the life u deserve.'

The All the Stars performer encouraged others to adopt her mindset, writing, 'F*** these weird a** vultures. I want smoke all summer.'

The series of statements from the Love Galore artist come after Jack Brody, who is Suno’s chief product officer, posted an extensive statement on LinkedIn addressing those skeptical of the company's moves.

Speaking about the company's recently announced 'music model developed in partnership with the music industry,' Brody said he hoped to clarify 'how we think about platform integrity and protecting the people behind the music.'

He continued, 'At Suno, preserving artistry and human creativity is just as important as product innovation itself.

'We know that’s easy to be skeptical about – especially if you haven’t actually immersed yourself in our product. But most of the people building Suno are musicians.

Brody said Suno's belief was that 'companies building AI have a responsibility to invest in safeguards with the same level of ambition and rigor that they bring to building products,' as they have strived to include 'protections directly into the foundation of our platform.'

Suno has 'clear rules prohibiting users from uploading or distributing content they don't own or have the rights to use, meaningful enforcement when those rules are violated, and partnerships with industry-standard providers ... to help us identify and prevent misuse,' Brody said.

Brody said people are always asking whether AI musical 'models can reproduce material from their training data,' and the answer is 'no, that should not happen.'

He added: 'Our philosophy has always been that AI should help people create new music, not replicate someone else's.'

Brody said Suno 'made an intentional choice not to teach models artist names because our goal is to help people create brand new songs, not music that sounds like existing artists.'

The company is also 'actively developing additional approaches for audio fingerprinting, watermarking, and spam and impersonation detection,' Brody said.

Brody said Suno remained 'in active dialogue with artists, songwriters, producers, labels, distributors and partners across the music industry, and those conversations will continue to shape the safeguards we build and the investments we make going forward.'