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Suno launches v6 music models built with Warner, BMG, and Believe

Brief by The AI News AI newsroom · Sep 9, 2026, 11:41 AM EDT edition

Original reporting by The Decoder — Jonathan Kemper · published Sep 9, 2026, 10:06 AM EDT

Suno users must move to v6 as older models shut down, while undisclosed training data and ongoing Universal and Sony lawsuits leave the service's legal footing unresolved.

Key points

• Suno released v6, a new AI music model generation in three versions built with Warner, BMG, and Believe. source ↗
• Suno is shutting down all of its older models. source ↗
• Users can edit parts of songs with text commands or generate music from text, audio, and images. source ↗
• Suno has not disclosed which music catalogs went into training. source ↗
• Universal and Sony are continuing to sue the company. source ↗

Practical applications

• Teams with products or workflows built on Suno's older models should test the three v6 versions now and plan a migration, since the older models are being shut down.
• Music producers can evaluate v6's partial text-command editing and generation from audio or image inputs against their current production tools.
• Companies weighing Suno for commercial use should factor the undisclosed training catalogs and the active Universal and Sony lawsuits into vendor risk review.

Context

Suno is an AI music generation company whose models create songs from user prompts. Its v6 release, developed with Warner Music Group, BMG, and Believe, adds partial editing via text commands and generation from text, audio, and image inputs. The launch lands while Universal and Sony continue suing the company and it declines to say which catalogs were used in training.

What to watch

• Rulings, settlements, or new licensing deals in the Universal and Sony lawsuits would clarify Suno's legal position.
• Any disclosure of the training catalogs behind v6 would address the transparency question the company is currently dodging.

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