SoundCloud, the music-sharing platform viewed as an accessible distribution channel for new and independent artists, updated its terms of service (TOS) to allow it to use artists' music to train AI. The change appears to have gone into effect during SoundCloud's last TOS policy update, which took place back in February 2024. "In the absence of a separate agreement that states otherwise," reads the updated terms page, creators who upload content to the site "explicitly agree that your Content may be used to inform, train, develop or serve as input to artificial intelligence or machine intelligence technologies or services as […]