SZA Slams Musicians Using AI

The US singer took to social media over the weekend to slam artists using AI music generators such as Suno (as per Variety). 

She further alleged that Diplo had equity in the company and was trying to train the generator on “the best and brightest black minds of writers and producers.” 

“We make up 13% of the American population yet influence the world w our sound and perspective,” SZA wrote in a caption on her private “notmusicatalliswear” Instagram account. 

”I AINT HEARD A WHITE AI SONG YET…We have no protection in legislature medical or creative. The easiest to steal from. DO NOT GIVE AWAY YOUR VIBRANIUM !!! DO NOT TRAIN AI W YOUR GENIUS.”

Diplo has previously spoken positively about both Suno and AI.

SZA also aired her frustrations on her main Instagram account, claiming in a Story post that a search for her name showed AI models have been trained on 238 of her songs.

“If your [sic] a musician and you support this degenerate shit ? Your [sic] DISGUSTING and there’s NOTHING YOU COULD EVER SAY TO ME TO MAKE THIS OKAY,” she wrote. “I hope u have the life u deserve.”

SZA is far from the only big-name artist to blast AI in music. 

Jack Antonoff recently called those who've made music with AI “godless whores” and “bad actors” that “will willingly reveal themselves through slop.”

Diplo, however, went the other way, slamming artists who oppose using AI. 

In an April interview, he insisted that “there's no fighting AI,” adding that he didn't need human voices for his tracks anymore because “I can get the best voice from AI.”

“The customer and accessibility is what’s always going to be triumphant,” Diplo said. “You’re never going to be like, ‘I’m going to choose the artistry and the hard work.'

"You can talk that all you want, and some people will love that, but 99% of people are going to wanna love the best product made the quickest, made the cheapest – that’s what the American economy is.”