Google says YouTube’s terms of service grant a “broad license” for AI models to be trained on music uploaded to the platform in response to a lawsuit.

Google says YouTube’s terms of service grant a “broad license” for AI models to be trained on music uploaded to the platform in response to a lawsuit.

Google told a federal court this week that its YouTube terms of service grant AI models, like its music generator Lyria, broad rights to train their platforms using licensed work.

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Google claims that artists uploading music to YouTube grant broad rights under its terms of service, potentially allowing the company to use the content for AI training purposes.