Yes. Chris Thile has 162 songs listed in a dataset used to train AI music models.

Used for training 162

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 Saranbande, Quarter Chicken Dark (Live), Gypsy Fantastic

Listed under the artist name 162 songs in LAION-DISCO-12M

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

Saranbande

Listed as Rob Moose, Chris Thile, Johann Sebastian Bach – Saranbande (Red Hot + Bach (Deluxe Version)) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video 4YYT7gB1Hs4 · row 4YYT7gB1Hs4

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Quarter Chicken Dark (Live)

Listed as Stuart Duncan, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, Yo-Yo Ma – Quarter Chicken Dark (Live) (The Goat Rodeo Sessions Live EP) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video 5W03vzGj9Fo · row 5W03vzGj9Fo

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Gypsy Fantastic

Listed as Mark O'Connor, Chris Thile, Frank Vignola, Bryan Sutton – Gypsy Fantastic (Jam Session) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video 7-rpGx7TF-4 · row 7-rpGx7TF-4

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Soft Gyrations

Listed as Mark O'Connor, Chris Thile, Frank Vignola, Bryan Sutton – Soft Gyrations (Jam Session) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video 8_fhIC3Jujw · row 8_fhIC3Jujw

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Don't Let the Deal Go Down

Listed as Mark O'Connor, Chris Thile, Frank Vignola, Bryan Sutton – Don't Let the Deal Go Down (Jam Session) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video P--mM3ch9tA · row P--mM3ch9tA

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Minuet

Listed as Rob Moose, Chris Thile, Johann Sebastian Bach – Minuet (Red Hot + Bach) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video Pfxffgl0W9M · row Pfxffgl0W9M

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Macedonia

Listed as Mark O'Connor, Chris Thile, Frank Vignola, Bryan Sutton – Macedonia (Jam Session) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video WHTtxj5VKfc · row WHTtxj5VKfc

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Swingin' on the 'Ville

Listed as Mark O'Connor, Chris Thile, Frank Vignola, Bryan Sutton – Swingin' on the 'Ville (Jam Session) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video WsBo9g5ecDk · row WsBo9g5ecDk

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Minor Swing

Listed as Mark O'Connor, Chris Thile, Frank Vignola, Bryan Sutton – Minor Swing (Jam Session) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video bssa572oYaE · row bssa572oYaE

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Granny White Special

Listed as Mark O'Connor, Chris Thile, Frank Vignola, Bryan Sutton – Granny White Special (Jam Session) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video hZ2YVIRw2Rk · row hZ2YVIRw2Rk

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Courante

Listed as Rob Moose, Chris Thile, Johann Sebastian Bach – Courante (Red Hot + Bach (Deluxe Version)) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video i-t-BI1aQo8 · row i-t-BI1aQo8

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Pickles on the Elbow

Listed as Mark O'Connor, Chris Thile, Frank Vignola, Bryan Sutton – Pickles on the Elbow (Jam Session) · Watch on YouTube

youtube_video itLIKXfVYQc · row itLIKXfVYQc

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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.