Suno has announced Suno v6, a new family of models used for music generation. The company said the models were developed using licensed data from music companies and distributors such as Warner Music Group, BMG and Believe, and that they did not use the data employed in training previous models. The announcement comes as lawsuits filed over allegations that Suno trained its models on copyrighted data are ongoing. The company reached a settlement with Warner Music Group last year and struck a deal with BMG last month.
Three versions are being offered: Suno v6, available to paid users, is designed for controlled outputs, while the experimental Suno v6-wild, also available to paid users, is intended for unexpected results and idea development. Suno v6-mini, accessible to all users, operates faster. The company plans to retire its older models.
Suno v6 allows users to edit part of a song or a word in the lyrics using prompts, create a track based on text, an image or a video, and isolate an instrument from a sample to generate a new rhythm. The company also plans to add a feature for rearranging songs as part of a program to be established with music companies, provided that artists opt in to participate. Product manager Jack Brody said derivative works could create new revenue opportunities for rights holders and artists.
Suno announced last month that it planned to add watermarks to songs generated on its platform; it also recently introduced new download limits based on account level. The company linked these restrictions to efforts to combat streaming fraud and low-intent bulk uploads.
Suno is facing lawsuits from Sony and Universal Music Group, as well as from artists such as Jason Isbell and users who allege that the company neglected security. The company has also acknowledged that it trained its models on YouTube videos. Despite this, it has raised more than $819 million in funding, according to PitchBook.
Why it matters
The emphasis on licensed data can be read as an attempt to respond to the legal debate over allegations that Suno trained on copyrighted content and the ongoing lawsuits; however, the company’s acknowledgment that it trained on YouTube videos and the continuation of various lawsuits show that this issue is far from settled. Tools such as prompt-based replacement of sections or words, generation from different media inputs, and instrument separation increase user control over the production process, while making ownership of the resulting content and limits on its use more visible issues. Although a rearrangement program tied to artists’ participation aims to provide a framework for this problem, it does not explain how revenue sharing will work. Differences in features between paid and free users, along with the removal of older models, could affect how existing users work. Watermarks and download limits, meanwhile, introduce new rules concerning the circulation and misuse of content on the platform.
Background
Suno is not a new name in the FikirPilot archive: we published a news article mentioning the name in the last 90 days; that article is dated September 11, 2026.