Suno is a company that makes an AI music generator, which turns text prompts into songs and audio. Recent coverage has focused on copyright fights and new products: Sony and Universal Music Group sued Suno again over its v6 model, and Reservoir filed a separate suit over AI training. Suno released the v6 model family—base, wild and mini—trained on licensed music, and added a Speech feature that combines spoken text with background music. CEO Mikey Shulman cited more than 100 million users.
Reservoir Sues Suno and Anthropic Over AI Music TrainingMusic rights company Reservoir filed lawsuits against AI music generator Suno and AI developer Anthropic over their AI training practices, arguing the technology is meant to replace artists. The suits are the latest legal action over AI music training, underscoring the ongoing conflict between content rights holders and generative AI.
A16z report: consumer AI opportunities and untouched categoriesA16z partner Olivia Moore released a top 100 consumer AI apps report: ChatGPT remains dominant, while smaller players like Suno and ElevenLabs show staying power, and about half a dozen consumer categories remain untouched by AI. She sees opportunity in revenue beyond subscriptions and APIs, noting only 2.2% of U.S. households pay for AI, indicating early days.
Suno adds Speech feature to create spoken audio with background musicAI music generator Suno launched a new 'Speech' feature that creates spoken text with matching background music in a single audio track, designed for poems, meditations, and bedtime stories. The company did not disclose how the model was trained.
Chicago artists rally against AI-generated musicAbout 20 Chicago musicians rallied against AI-generated music, tech companies and streaming platforms, demanding legal safeguards for their work and planning a late-October streaming 'blackout.' They urged listeners to choose human-made music over what critics call 'AI slop.'
Bloomberg Tech Spotlights AI and EntertainmentBloomberg's Ed Ludlow hosted Bloomberg Screentime 2026 in Los Angeles with tech and media entrepreneurs. Suno CEO Mikey Shulman discussed how AI is expanding music, Promise's George Strompolos and Luma AI's Caroline Ingeborn talked about AI's role in filmmaking, and Vermillio's Dan Neely addressed the debate over AI and creators' rights.
Suno CEO Says AI Can Reinvent Music ExperienceSuno CEO and co-founder Mikey Shulman said AI can turn music listening from a largely passive experience into one where listeners create, remix and collaborate with favorite artists. He cited more than 100 million users and partnerships across the music industry, and discussed licensing opportunities for artists' voices and music.
Sony and UMG Sue Suno Again Over New ModelSony and Universal Music Group have again sued AI music company Suno, claiming its new v6 model still infringes their copyrights because it is trained on user outputs from previous models, which were themselves trained on unlicensed music scraped from YouTube and other sources. The labels, notable holdouts who did not sign a licensing deal with Suno, accuse the company of 'model laundering,' saying that training a new model on the output of an infringing model does not eliminate the infringement but launders it.
Suno launches Suno v6 trained on licensed musicSuno released the Suno v6 model family—base, wild, and mini—trained on licensed music from labels, says it didn't use prior training data, will retire older models, and adds editable, multi-modal and remix-capable features.
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