SZA hits out at “disgusting” AI music after learning over 200 of her songs had been used to train artificial intelligence
Publish Date: 2026-06-21 06:32:00
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SZA has hit out at those making music with AI after discovering that over 200 of her tracks had been used to train the software.
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Posting on Instagram Stories post, she shared the results of a search of her name on an AI music database, with the search allegedly revealing that 238 of her songs had been used in AI training datasets.
“[Just] checked and music AI has trained off 238 of my songs. I’m certain some unreleased. If you’re a musician and you support this degenerate shit? You’re disgusting and there’s NOTHING YOU COULD EVER SAY TO ME TO MAKE THIS OKAY. I hope u have the life u deserve.”
She has been a long-time critic of AI, and on 2022’s album ‘SOS‘, lamented the increasing use of the technology, singing: “Let’s talk about AI, robot got more heart than I/ Robot got future, I don’t/ Robot got sleep but I don’t power down,” on ‘Ghost in the Machine’.
Back in March, she also shared her thoughts on the crisis AI was continuing to foster in the industry, particularly for Black artists. “I feel like I’m at war because of AI,” she told i-D Magazine.
SZA denounces AI music after discovering 238 of her songs were used to train artificial intelligence:
“If you’re a musician and you support this degenerate sh*t? You’re disgusting and there’s NOTHING YOU COULD EVER SAY TO ME TO MAKE THIS OKAY” pic.twitter.com/FPltE2fsaC
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“It’s happening disproportionately with Black music,” she went on. “Why am I hearing AI covers of Olivia Dean, when Olivia Dean just came the fuck out? She can’t even collect the streams. I’m also really offended by the type of Black music that’s coming out of AI. Weird, stereotypical struggle music.
“I’m not up against the pop girls. I’m not up against the R&B girls. I’m up against anti-intellectualism and doing things easy. The type of blend of information my…
