SoundCloud Says It “Has Never Used Artist Content to Train AI Models” After Backlash on Terms of Service Change

SoundCloud has issued a statement clarifying that it isn’t using artists’ content for generative AI music, following considerable backlash over a change some users noticed in the platform’s terms of service.

In a statement issued to The Hollywood Reporter on Friday, a spokesperson for SoundCloud said the platform “has never used artist content to train AI models, nor do we develop AI tools or allow third parties to scrape or use SoundCloud content from our platform for AI…