This is TechCrunch.

Ready to launch your business?

Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs.

Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your business

with easy customizable themes that let you build your brand.

Marketing tools that get your products out there.

Integrated shipping solutions that actually save you time.

From startups to scaleups, online, in person, and on the go.

Shopify is made for entrepreneurs like you.

Sign up for your $1 a month trial at Shopify.com slash setup.

TikTok rolled out new accessibility tools, including AI-generated alt-text.

I'm Imran Shake, and your Daily Crunch for Tuesday featuring three big tech headlines starts now.

SoundCloud says it's revising its terms after widespread backlash over a clause related to AI model training.

Earlier this year, SoundCloud quietly updated its usage policies,

adding wording that many users interpreted as legal cover to allow the company to train AI on audio uploaded to its platform.

SoundCloud was quick to assert that it wasn't developing

AI by using its user's content, but the company's PR statement didn't allay fears that

SoundCloud might do so in the future. On Wednesday, SoundCloud CEO Ila Seton published

an open letter admitting that the wording of the changes to the company's terms was too broad

and wasn't clear enough. The updates were intended to focus on other uses of AI internally at

the company Seton said, including recommendations and tools to help prevent fraud. But miss the mark.

SoundCloud has now revised its terms to make it absolutely clear that SoundCloud will not use user content to train generative AI models that aim to replicate or synthesize a voice, music, or likeness, said Seton.

...