Even as it faces a lawsuit from the recording industry for using countless copyrighted songs to train its music-generating AI model, Suno has become the fifth most-used generative-AI service in the world — and the company is still pushing its technology forward. A new, notably more realistic model, V4, is …
Read More »Timbaland Embraces AI Music Production, Announces Partnership with Start-Up Suno
When the AI-music start-up Suno recently introduced a feature that lets users upload audio of their own creation and have the software extend and endlessly reimagine it, one particular user took note. Legendary producer Timbaland quickly became obsessed with the process, deciding it was the future of music-making. He started …
Read More »The Role of AI in Modern Composition
The music industry is undergoing a shift, powered by AI. From the creative process itself to sound engineering, AI is reshaping how music is made, produced and consumed. My name is Victoria Chynoweth, and I am a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, TEDx speaker and CEO of Victorious PR. As …
Read More »Why AI Can't Replace the Soul
In today’s digital age, artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping every facet of our lives. From personalized product recommendations to AI-powered chatbots to self-driving cars, the influence of AI is undeniable. It’s no longer just shaping our experiences; it’s redefining them. The music industry is not immune to the AI revolution. …
Read More »Setting The Ground Rules for AI Usage
In my last piece, I outlined different outside boundaries for how the industry should approach rights management and exploitation with fair compensation in an AI-driven world. Courts and regulators are still racing to catch up, but that shouldn’t stop companies from setting their own internal policies. The major players like …
Read More »10 Ways to Leverage Technology to Build Better Customer Relationships
As AI becomes more and more commonplace in business, there are some leaders who worry about it replacing the human element of customer service and engagement. Will customers really be happy talking to AI over another human being? Will business lose its personal touch? While AI is certainly poised to …
Read More »Twitter Updated Its AI Chatbot. The Images Are A Dumpster Fire
It’s only been a few days since X (formerly Twitter), the social media site owned by Elon Musk, put out its newest iteration of its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok. Released Aug. 13, the new update, Grok-2, allows users to generate AI images with simple text prompts. The problem? The model …
Read More »Valuing Human Creativity Over AI
Recently, I was playing around with one of the major artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. I will not say which one, but all of those mostly have the same capabilities. In this case, I tried creating a logo based on a text specification (e.g., creating a silhouette-type logo of some stage …
Read More »Sheryl Crow Slams Drake's 'Hateful' Use of Tupac Shakur AI Verse
Sheryl Crow railed against artificial intelligence in music — specifically Drake’s “hateful” use of Tupac Shakur’s voice in a recent diss track — in a new interview. Speaking to the BBC about AI — a subject Crow previously expressed her concerns about on the single “Evolution” — the Rock Hall-inducted …
Read More »AI-Music Arms Race: Meet Udio, the <em>Other</em> ChatGPT for Music
Just last year, many experts believed an AI model capable of generating complete, high-fidelity songs from text prompts wouldn’t arrive anytime soon,but now, an arms race is on between competing music-making models that do just that.Suno‘s v3 model, released to the public just weeks ago, was a remarkable breakthrough, particularly …
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