The TOS explicitly prohibits using licensed content material, comparable to music from main labels, for coaching any AI fashions, together with generative AI. For different varieties of content material uploaded to SoundCloud, the TOS permits for the potential for AI-related use.
Importantly, no such use has taken place so far, and SoundCloud will introduce sturdy inner permissioning controls to manipulate any potential future use. Ought to we ever think about using consumer content material to coach generative AI fashions, we’d introduce clear opt-out mechanisms upfront—at a minimal—and stay dedicated to transparency with our creator group.