The Atlantic created a searchable database of the music used to train AI (opens original article in a new tab)

The Atlantic created a searchable database of music datasets used to train AI models, revealing large collections of tracks from various sources.

• Atlantic reporter Alex Reisner created a searchable database of music datasets used for AI training.
• Four datasets were uncovered, including two with 12 million and 9 million tracks respectively.
• Some datasets contain links to YouTube and Spotify, with tools enabling automated audio downloads that violate platform terms.