Yes. Babu has 7 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 7

songs in LAION-DISCO-12M under the artist name

A list of 12 million songs on YouTube Music, gathered by walking artist pages, that LAION published in 2024 for training general music models.

Including Ponnarivaalin Punchiri, Baha Hela Pare, Kazhchayitha

Listed under the artist name 7 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

Matched exactly: this YouTube Music artist id is the one the dataset lists these songs under.

Ponnarivaalin Punchiri

Listed as Berny Ignatius, Babu – Ponnarivaalin Punchiri (Chorappookkal) · Watch on YouTube

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Baha Hela Pare

Listed as Babu, Sailabhama Mohapatra – Baha Hela Pare (Hudi Baba) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video BG6JvuqnX7I · row BG6JvuqnX7I

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Kazhchayitha

Listed as Manuel, Babu, Renuka – Kazhchayitha (Punyaprabhatham) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video J7_EbD4a0wE · row J7_EbD4a0wE

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Nadha Ninte Thiruvachanam

Listed as Manuel, Babu – Nadha Ninte Thiruvachanam (Punyaprabhatham) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video Oxe6qUvDxUk · row Oxe6qUvDxUk

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A Khaista Jenay

Listed as Nadia, Babu – A Khaista Jenay (Gham De Lewany) · Watch on YouTube

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Gori Chanda Sariso Ae Tharo Uniyaro

Listed as Babu, Deepali – Gori Chanda Sariso Ae Tharo Uniyaro (Ghooghara Jada De Mhari Payal Mein (Rajasthani Traditional Dance Songs)) · Watch on YouTube

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Yuvaakkale

Listed as Berny Ignatius, Babu – Yuvaakkale (Chorappookkal) · Watch on YouTube

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What this means

Last reviewed 2026-09-24.

Presence in a public research dataset shows that a clip of your recording was listed by academic or industry researchers as material for building or testing audio models. It does not by itself show which commercial products, if any, used the clip. The legal picture is moving. On 31 July 2026 the Regional Court of Munich I ruled in GEMA's case against Suno (case 42 O 763/25) that reproducing works for training, holding them in a model in retrievable form, and generating similar outputs can each infringe copyright under German and EU law; the judgment is not final and can be appealed. In the United States, Warner Music Group settled its claims against Suno on 25 November 2025 with a licensing deal, while the parallel claims by Universal and Sony were still pending at that point. Since then BMG (12 August 2026) and Believe/TuneCore (8 September 2026) have signed opt-in licensing deals with Suno.

What you can do

3 routes. None is a guarantee.

UK, PRS members. Send PRS for Music your report and ask what collective or licensing route covers your works.
- PRS for Music and Artificial Intelligence, Version 1 (October 2025), 2025-10-01
- PRS for Music: AI and music copyright, 2026-09-24
Germany, GEMA members. GEMA won a first-instance ruling against Suno on 31 July 2026 and has a licensing model. Ask how they apply to your repertoire.
- GEMA: Suno AI and OpenAI, GEMA sues for fair compensation, 2025-01-21
- DLA Piper: GEMA v Suno, Munich Regional Court judgment of 31 July 2026, 2026-08-28
- Music Business Worldwide: Germany's GEMA launches AI Charter, 2024-11-05
Signed to Warner, BMG or Believe/TuneCore. Each has an opt-in licensing deal with Suno. Ask your label what opting in or out means for you and whether any settlement money reaches artists.
- Music Business Worldwide: Warner Music Group settles with Suno, 2025-11-25
- Music Ally: Suno signs another music licensing deal, with BMG, 2026-08-12
- Music Business Worldwide: Suno inks global deal with Believe, 2026-09-08

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These pages report where identifiers from public research datasets point. Presence in a dataset is a fact about the dataset, not a claim about the channel or artist, and says nothing about what any company did with the material. If you are this artist and want this page removed, see removals.