Warner Music acquires AI attribution startup Sureel AI
Key takeaways
- Warner Music Music (WMG) announced on Wednesday that it s acquiring AI attribution startup Sureel AI.
- Through the acquisition, WMG aims to better track when its artists and songwriters work is used in AI-generated content or for training AI models.
- The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Why this matters: a development in AI with implications for how people work, create, and decide.
Warner Music Music (WMG) announced on Wednesday that it s acquiring AI attribution startup Sureel AI. Sureel s patented technology creates AI DNA for songs and breaks them down into component parts to trace how AI models use those elements.
Through the acquisition, WMG aims to better track when its artists and songwriters work is used in AI-generated content or for training AI models.
Bringing Sureel into WMG strengthens our capability for protection, control and monetization and ensures that the creative community remains in control of its intellectual property, name, image, likeness, and voice, said WMG chief executive Robert Kyncl in a press release.