Suno CEO Says New AI Models Built *With* the Music Industry, Not Against It

Mikey Shulman, CEO of Suno, hopped on Billboard's podcast to break down the company's latest V6 AI music models—and the real talk here is about how they're framing the whole thing. Instead of the usual "AI versus musicians" storyline, Shulman's leaning into partnership language, saying these new models are being built with industry input, not just scraped from the internet behind closed doors.

That's a shift in messaging, at least. The AI music space has been messy—lots of artists feeling like their work got used without permission or compensation. Whether Suno's actually solving that problem or just talking better about it is the question. The interview goes deeper into how V6 was trained and what's supposed to make it different from earlier versions.

This feels like the AI music conversation evolving past "is this even legal?" and into "how do we make this work for everyone?" Whether the music industry actually feels that partnership is another story. Check the full interview to hear Shulman's case.

Read the full story at Billboard → https://www.billboard.com/pro/suno-launches-ai-music-models-partnership-with-music-biz/