Flume, Tame Impala, Sia and 21 million tracks used to train AI without permission, The Atlantic reveals

An investigation by The Atlantic has uncovered that approximately 21.2 million music tracks have been circulating within the AI development ecosystem, used to train generative audio models without the consent or compensation of rights holders. The study was led by staff writer and investigative journalist Alex Reisner. The project, known as the AI Watchdog, originated …

Flume, Tame Impala, Sia and 21 million tracks used to train AI without permission, The Atlantic reveals