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\n\tLeading AI<\/a>-music-generator Suno<\/a>, which was sued<\/a> by the major labels for copyright infringement in 2024, just released a new set of models trained on licensed recordings from Warner Music Group<\/a>, the first major to settle with the company.<\/p>\n \n\tThe new v6 models are \u201ctrained from the ground up on licensed data provided to us by our partners, user data, and then the accumulation of all the learnings that have gone into it,\u201d Jack Brody, Suno\u2019s chief product officer, tells Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s the first model developed in partnership directly with the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIn a blog post timed to the launch, Mikey Shulman, Suno\u2019s CEO, called it \u201cthe beginning of a new chapter for music\u201d and \u201ca blueprint for how AI and the music industry can strengthen one another and build entirely new product experiences for artists, fans, and the broader music community.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe company didn\u2019t reveal how many songs WMG provided or whether artists opted in to the process, and a WMG spokesperson didn\u2019t immediately reply to a request for comment.\u00a0 \u201cThe data that was provided by WMG was their own process,\u201d says Brody. \u201cWe weren\u2019t involved in deciding what music they handed over to us.\u201d WMG\u2019s vast slate of artists ranges from Don Toliver to Sombr to Miley Cyrus.<\/p>\n \n\tThe next phase of the WMG partnership will give Suno users the ability to work directly with existing songs, remixing and reimagining them. (Spotify has announced<\/a> a similar project in the works.) That product, Brody added, will only include artists who opt in.\u00a0\u201cThe wrong way to think about this partnership is to think about it as a desire to license the data for our models,\u201d he says. \u201cThis partnership is really about building these new products out in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe new models \u2014 which Suno touts as faster and more capable and creative, with an unpredictable \u201cwild\u201d mode\u00a0 \u2014 stem from a deal struck last November, when WMG dropped<\/a> its infringement suit against Suno in exchange for a licensing partnership with undisclosed financial terms. Universal Music Group and Sony Music are still pursuing their case against Suno, and attempted to force Suno to turn over the details of its WMG contract. Brody says there was \u201cnothing to share at this point\u201d about potential settlement talks with those labels, though he calls today\u2019s announcement \u201cthe beginning of a long journey and a long partnership, and hopefully many partnerships to come.\u201d<\/p>\n