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Grammy Winner Blasts Musicians Over AI Song Theft

SZA was sharply critical of music industry colleagues complicit with the use of AI generators in a series of social media posts over the weekend.The musical art...

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June 22, 2026

was sharply critical of music industry colleagues complicit with the use of generators in a series of social media posts over the weekend.

The musical artist, 36, expressed her shock to learn that 238 of her songs had allegedly been used as training tools for AI models.

In a post on her private @notmusicatalliswear account, SZA said that material from 'the best and brightest Black minds of writers and producers' was being examined by a company named Suno.

The company, which famed DJ Diplo owns a piece of, was analyzing material aiming to replicate aspects of human-produced music with AI technology, SZA said.

'We make up 13% of the American population yet influence the world [with] our sound and perspective,' said the seven-time winner. 'I AINT HEARD A WHITE AI SONG YET… We have no protection in legislature medical or creative. The easiest to steal from.'

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SZA, 36, was sharply critical of music industry colleagues who were allegedly complicit with the use of AI generators in a series of social media posts over the weekend. Pictured in LA in 2023

'DO NOT GIVE AWAY YOUR VIBRANIUM!!! DO NOT TRAIN AI W YOUR GENIUS.'

The St. Louis native said she was floored that other artists would 'support this degenerate s***,' calling those involved in the process 'DISGUSTING.'

She added, 'There's NOTHING YOU COULD EVER SAY TO ME TO MAKE THIS OKAY. I hope u have the life u deserve.'

The seven-time Grammy winner pictured at the Coachella music festival April 18

DJ Diplo pictured performing earlier this month in NYC

Brody said Suno's belief was that 'companies building AI have a responsibility to invest in safeguards with the same level of ambition and rigor that they bring to building products,' as they have strived to include 'protections directly into the foundation of our platform.'

Suno has 'clear rules prohibiting users from uploading or distributing content they don't own or have the rights to use, meaningful enforcement when those rules are violated, and partnerships with industry-standard providers ... to help us identify and prevent misuse,' Brody said.

He added: 'Our philosophy has always been that AI should help people create new music, not replicate someone else's.'

Brody said Suno 'made an intentional choice not to teach models artist names because our goal is to help people create brand new songs, not music that sounds like existing artists.'

The company is also 'actively developing additional approaches for audio fingerprinting, watermarking, and spam and impersonation detection,' Brody said.

Brody said Suno remained 'in active dialogue with artists, songwriters, producers, labels, distributors and partners across the music industry, and those conversations will continue to shape the safeguards we build and the investments we make going forward.'

Grammy Winner Blasts Musicians Over AI Song Theft

He added: 'Our philosophy has always been that AI should help people create new music, not replicate someone else's.'

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