AI-generated Music will be Heard Around the World

In January 2023, Google announced MusicLM, an experimental AI tool that can turn text descriptions (text prompts) into music. From 10 May 2023, one can sign up to try it out in the so-called AI Test Kitchen. The company gives examples of how to use the programme on its blog: „Just type in a prompt like ’soulful jazz for a dinner party‘ and MusicLM will create two versions of the song for you. You can listen to both and give a trophy to the track you like better, which will help improve the model.“ (Google Blog, 10 May 2023) Not all types of music will be possible. TechCrunch wrote in an article: „The version of MusicLM in AI Test Kitchen won’t generate music with specific artists or vocals.“ (TechCrunch, 10 May 2023) This is certainly to avoid legal problems. An AI-generated song in the style of The Weeknd and Drake recently caused a stir. It is likely that AI-generated music will be heard around the world. Whether this will be to our advantage remains to be seen.

Fig.: AI-generated music will be heard around the world