AI Can Now Generate Powerful Ballad About Your Coffee Maker

AI is causing a major shift in the music industry.

Last week, over 200 artists, including Billie Eilish, Nicki Minaj, Zay Malik, and Katy Perry, called on tech giants to stop devaluing music and using artificial intelligence to infringe on their rights.

We call on all AI developers, technology companies, platforms and digital music services to commit not to develop or deploy AI music generation content or tools that undermine or replace the human artistry of composers and artists or deny us fair compensation for our work

What is the current state of AI music generation, and should we really be scared? Let’s dive in and find out.

The current state of AI in music

AI tools that can generate music and sound effects are not new. In fact, big tech companies and startups have released their own AI models.

• Google introduces Lyria, an AI music generator.

• Microsoft introduces Muzic, a research project on AI music generation.

• Stability AI released Stable Audio 2.0

• Udio and Suno drop their AI tools that generate music with vocals.

These are just some of the AI tools that are already out there. They can produce high-quality music from simple text descriptions.

However, the speed of AI innovation in the field of audio has been very fast recently. It has become powerful enough to articulate words and sing a full original track.

Let me rephrase for clarity: AI can now write lyrics, add music, and do the vocals in incredibly realistic and emotional voices. That is mind-blowing.