Musicians including SZA and Kenneth Blume (fka Kenny Beats) have expressed fears over the use of their music to train AI models amidst an ongoing investigation from The Atlantic.

In September 2025, The Atlantic launched an investigation into the "inner workings of generative AI" and how AI models are trained, creating an exploration of datasets across media to "see whose work tech companies are using".

Earlier this month, an update from journalist Alex Reisner was published with a focus on music, titled ‘The Millions of Songs Mashed Into AI-Generated Music’ – the latest part of his AI Watchdog project.

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