Google DeepMind's New AI Tech to Generate Soundtracks for Videos; How Tech is Transforming the Music Biz
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ByteDance to spend $2.1bn to develop AI hub in Malaysia
Artificial Intelligence is a major priority for ByteDance. The company was hiring for 252 machine learning-related roles globally. The company runs the popular Doubao AI chatbot in China and operates a range of other AI-driven products, from its AI video-making app Capcut to its flagship social video app TikTok.
Google DeepMind's new AI tech will generate soundtracks for videos
Google's DeepMind artificial intelligence laboratory is working on a new technology that can generate soundtracks, even dialogue, to go along with videos. The lab has shared its progress on the video-to-audio (V2A) technology project, which can be paired with Google Veo and other video creation tools like OpenAI's Sora.
How Tech Is Transforming the Music Biz
As Amaechi Uzoigwe, manager of renowned music group Run the Jewels, shares, the integration of AI into the music industry isn’t just about new tools for creation and distribution, it’s about reshaping the very essence of musical creativity and consumer interaction.
YouTube Music tests 'Ask for Music' AI feature
The user could also search by describing the music videos or asking for similar music to a song or from an artist. Compared to the existing search by voice command, the AI-powered feature will make search more conversational in nature. Moreover, it is anticipated that the new AI feature could replace the voice search feature currently in use.
Sónar+D 2024 – AI and music take centre stage
The finely-poised battle between AI as creative saviour and AI as ravaging computer overlord was in full play at the 2024 edition of Sónar+D in Barcelona last week, where the talks examined the potential impact of AI as both hero and villain.
Music platform BandLab CEO says AI is not the enemy: ‘You still need creativity’
Musicians around the world have described artificial intelligence as a threat to creativity, but the CEO of one popular platform told AFP he thinks critics are looking at it all wrong.
Meta’s new generative AI model can take chords or beats and turn them into songs
Meta’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) team gave the world its first glimpse of JASCO, a tool that can take chords or beats and turn them into full musical tracks. Meta says this functionality will give creators more control over the output of AI music tools.
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