{"id":277592,"date":"2026-06-21T06:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/sza-hits-out-at-disgusting-ai-music-after-learning-over-200-of-her-songs-had-been-used-to-train-artificial-intelligence\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T06:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:45:17","slug":"sza-hits-out-at-disgusting-ai-music-after-learning-over-200-of-her-songs-had-been-used-to-train-artificial-intelligence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/sza-hits-out-at-disgusting-ai-music-after-learning-over-200-of-her-songs-had-been-used-to-train-artificial-intelligence\/","title":{"rendered":"SZA hits out at \u201cdisgusting\u201d AI music after learning over 200 of her songs had been used to train artificial intelligence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twaslnews1.twaslnews.com\/2495506\/\">SZA hits out at \u201cdisgusting\u201d AI music after learning over 200 of her songs had been used to train artificial intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twaslnews1.twaslnews.com\/2495506\/\">https:\/\/twaslnews1.twaslnews.com\/2495506\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-21 06:33:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"twaslnews1.twaslnews.com\">twaslnews1.twaslnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0SZA \u2013 \u2018SOS\u2019 review: a comeback album well worth the wait<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Just] checked and music AI has trained off 238 of my songs. I\u2019m certain some unreleased. If you\u2019re a musician and you support this degenerate shit? You\u2019re disgusting and there\u2019s NOTHING YOU COULD EVER SAY TO ME TO MAKE THIS OKAY. I hope u have the life u deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She has been a long-time critic of AI, and on 2022\u2019s album \u2018SOS\u2018, lamented the increasing use of the technology, singing: \u201cLet\u2019s talk about AI, robot got more heart than I\/ Robot got future, I don\u2019t\/ Robot got sleep but I don\u2019t power down,\u201d\u00a0on \u2018Ghost in the Machine\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Back in March, she also shared her thoughts on the crisis AI was continuing to foster in the industry, particularly for Black artists. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m at war because of AI,\u201d she told i-D Magazine.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">SZA denounces AI music after discovering 238 of her songs were used to train artificial intelligence:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re a musician and you support this degenerate sh*t? You\u2019re disgusting and there\u2019s NOTHING YOU COULD EVER SAY TO ME TO MAKE THIS OKAY\u201d pic.twitter.com\/FPltE2fsaC<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pop Crave (@PopCrave) June 21, 2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s happening disproportionately with Black music,\u201d she went on. \u201cWhy am I hearing AI covers of Olivia Dean, when Olivia Dean just came the fuck out? She can\u2019t even collect the streams. I\u2019m also really offended by the type of Black music that\u2019s coming out of AI. Weird, stereotypical struggle music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not up against the pop girls. I\u2019m not up against the R&#038;B girls. I\u2019m up against anti-intellectualism and doing things easy. 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