Is the AI Training Process More Selective Than We Thought? Newly Identified ‘Giant Datasets’ Raise Questions

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Are gen AI companies actively developing their music models with the same collections of copyrighted tracks? And despite ongoing discussions about free-for-all training, is this process far more systematic than we’ve been led to believe?These and other pressing questions are taking center stage following an investigative report from The Atlantic’s Alex Reisner, who identified “four giant datasets of songs that are being shared within the AI-developmen