SoundCloud says it’s revising its phrases after widespread backlash over a clause associated to AI mannequin coaching.
Earlier this yr, SoundCloud quietly up to date its utilization insurance policies, including wording that many customers interpreted as authorized cowl to permit the corporate to coach AI on audio uploaded to its platform. SoundCloud was fast to claim that it wasn’t growing AI by utilizing its customers’ content material, however the firm’s PR assertion didn’t allay fears that SoundCloud would possibly accomplish that sooner or later.
On Wednesday, SoundCloud CEO Eliah Seton printed an open letter admitting that the wording of the adjustments to the corporate’s phrases “was too broad and wasn’t clear sufficient.” The updates had been meant to deal with different makes use of of AI internally on the firm, Seton stated — together with suggestions and instruments to assist stop fraud — however missed the mark.
SoundCloud has now revised its phrases “to make it completely clear [that] SoundCloud is not going to use [user] content material to coach generative AI fashions that intention to duplicate or synthesize [a] voice, music, or likeness,” stated Seton.
