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Suno brings its gen AI music gunk to iMessage
Suno, the AI music generation company, has launched an iMessage integration allowing iPhone users with its app to create 30-second AI-generated songs directly within their text conversations. The update lets users prompt the tool with text or a voice note, including pasting in a friend's message, and reflects the broader push by generative AI firms to embed their tools into everyday communication apps.
Users access the feature by tapping the plus button in an iMessage chat and selecting Suno, then choosing a genre for the generated audio. Recipients need the Suno app installed themselves to actually hear the resulting clip. Suno has previously faced criticism over allegations that its models were trained on tens of millions of tracks scraped from the internet, reportedly including copyrighted material, without permission from rights holders.
In short
- Suno adds iMessage integration for generating 30-second AI songs
- Users prompt via text or voice note and pick a genre
- Recipients need the Suno app installed to hear clips
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The case for
Supporters argue that the iMessage feature represents a valuable democratisation of creative tools, enabling ordinary users to generate fun, shareable content for casual communication. They contend that the product's utility and user freedom to adopt it should not be constrained by separate concerns about training data, which can be addressed through proper regulatory and licensing channels.
The case against
Critics contend that the technology's foundation in allegedly unconsented use of copyrighted material raises fundamental ethical concerns that should preclude expansion until properly addressed. They maintain that normalising AI tools built on intellectual property infringement undermines the rights and compensation that working creators depend on, and that the company should focus on resolving these underlying ethical issues before broadening its reach.
Explained simply
Suno is an artificial intelligence company that creates music based on written requests from users. The technology generates songs by interpreting descriptions of style, mood and genre.
Suno has recently made its music generation tool available within iMessage, Apple's messaging platform, allowing users to create AI-generated music directly within conversations. This is part of a broader trend of AI companies embedding their tools into everyday apps rather than keeping them separate.
The company has faced significant controversy over how its music models were trained. Allegations suggest that Suno's system was trained on tens of millions of songs scraped from the internet without permission from artists and copyright holders.
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