Sony Music has written to more than 700 artificial intelligence companies, accusing them of using its artists’ content without permission, as tension builds between the creative and technology sectors.
The world’s second biggest record company has asked technology groups including Google, Microsoft and Meta to reply within weeks, providing details of lyrics and songs used to train their technology and how they had been obtained.
Sony said this was with a view to discussing licensing or partnership deals to pay for content, but it is understood that it could pursue legal action if companies do not comply.
“Due to the nature of your operations and published information about your AI systems, we have reason to believe that you and or your affiliates may already have
