June 24 (Reuters) - Major record labels Sony Music

, Universal Music Group and Warner Records

sued artificial intelligence companies Suno and Udio on

Monday, accusing them of committing mass copyright infringement

by using the labels' recordings to train music-generating AI

systems.

The companies copied music without permission to teach their

systems to create music that will "directly compete with,

cheapen, and ultimately drown out" human artists' work,

according to federal lawsuits filed against Udio in New York and

Suno in Massachusetts.

Representatives for Suno and Udio did not immediately

respond to requests for comment on the complaints.

(Reporting by Blake Brittain in Washington)