Why Haven't Chinese Labs Distilled Suno and Released It as Open Weights?

breath_mirror · x · 2026-08-11

An X user raised an interesting question: why hasn't any Chinese AI lab distilled Suno's music generation model and released it with open weights?

This observation highlights a current gap in the open-source community regarding specific multimodal capabilities, particularly in audio and music generation, potentially pointing to technical barriers, copyright concerns, or strategic differences in open-source approaches.

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