Last week, people began noticing an update in the most recent version of SoundCloud’s terms of service: A provision giving the platform permission to use uploaded content to “inform, train, develop or serve as input” to AI. It’s unclear whether or not that includes generative AI, and it appears they haven’t done a very good job of notifying users of the change, with the Wayback Machine indicating this provision was added in February 2024. But now, folks are noticing and are understandably upset, given the extensive backlash against AI in music. SoundCloud has now issued a new statement in response. It reads:
