Hit Picker: SoundCloud Acquires AI to Predict Hit Music
Music

Hit Picker: SoundCloud Acquires AI to Predict Hit Music

A neural network may help an online music service to spot songs with the potential to go big. Musiio uses AI to identify specific attributes and qualities in recorded music. Online audio distributor SoundCloud purchased the Singapore-based startup.

May 13, 20221 min read
Remix Master: Apple buys AI Music startup.
Music

Remix Master: Apple buys AI Music startup.

Music generated by learning algorithms got a major push with Apple’s acquisition of a startup that makes automated mash-ups. Apple purchased AI Music, a London startup whose software generates new music from existing recordings.

February 16, 20222 min read
Remix Master: Apple buys AI Music startup.
Music

Remix Master: Apple buys AI Music startup.

Music generated by learning algorithms got a major push with Apple’s acquisition of a startup that makes automated mash-ups. Apple purchased AI Music, a London startup whose software generates new music from existing recordings.

February 16, 20222 min read
Artistry Is Obsolete: Is AI Making Human Artists Obsolete?
Music

Artistry Is Obsolete: Is AI Making Human Artists Obsolete?

Is human creativity being replaced by the synthetic equivalent? The fear: AI is cranking out increasingly sophisticated visual, musical, and literary works. AI-generated media will flood the market, squeezing out human artists and depriving the world of their creativity.

October 27, 20212 min read
Artistry Is Obsolete: Is AI Making Human Artists Obsolete?
Music

Artistry Is Obsolete: Is AI Making Human Artists Obsolete?

Is human creativity being replaced by the synthetic equivalent? The fear: AI is cranking out increasingly sophisticated visual, musical, and literary works. AI-generated media will flood the market, squeezing out human artists and depriving the world of their creativity.

October 27, 20212 min read
Roll Over, Beethoven: AI Completes Beethoven's 10th Symphony
Music

Roll Over, Beethoven: AI Completes Beethoven's 10th Symphony

Ludwig van Beethoven died before he completed what would have been his tenth and final symphony. A team of computer scientists and music scholars approximated the music that might have been.

October 13, 20212 min read
Roll Over, Beethoven: AI Completes Beethoven's 10th Symphony
Music

Roll Over, Beethoven: AI Completes Beethoven's 10th Symphony

Ludwig van Beethoven died before he completed what would have been his tenth and final symphony. A team of computer scientists and music scholars approximated the music that might have been.

October 13, 20212 min read
New Life for Old Songs: Audio demixing algorithms are pulling voices and instruments from music recordings.
Music

New Life for Old Songs: Audio demixing algorithms are pulling voices and instruments from music recordings.

Neural networks can tease apart the different sounds in musical. Companies and hobbyists are using deep learning to separate voices and instruments in commercial recordings, Wired reported.

April 7, 20211 min read
New Life for Old Songs: Audio demixing algorithms are pulling voices and instruments from music recordings.
Music

New Life for Old Songs: Audio demixing algorithms are pulling voices and instruments from music recordings.

Neural networks can tease apart the different sounds in musical. Companies and hobbyists are using deep learning to separate voices and instruments in commercial recordings, Wired reported.

April 7, 20211 min read
Harry Shum: Tsinghua University’s Harry Shum on how AI is changing creativity
Music

Harry Shum: Tsinghua University’s Harry Shum on how AI is changing creativity

In 2021, I envision that the AI community will create more tools to unleash human creativity. AI will help people across the globe to communicate and express emotions and moods in their own unique ways.

December 30, 20202 min read
Harry Shum: Tsinghua University’s Harry Shum on how AI is changing creativity
Music

Harry Shum: Tsinghua University’s Harry Shum on how AI is changing creativity

In 2021, I envision that the AI community will create more tools to unleash human creativity. AI will help people across the globe to communicate and express emotions and moods in their own unique ways.

December 30, 20202 min read
AI’s Got Talent: The AI Song Contest replaced Eurovision during the pandemic.
Music

AI’s Got Talent: The AI Song Contest replaced Eurovision during the pandemic.

Music that features a “singing” koala bear took the prize in one of Europe’s highest-profile AI competitions yet. A team of Australian programmers, designers, and musicians won the inaugural AI Song Contest with a koala-tinged track called “Beautiful the World.”

May 20, 20202 min read
AI’s Got Talent: The AI Song Contest replaced Eurovision during the pandemic.
Music

AI’s Got Talent: The AI Song Contest replaced Eurovision during the pandemic.

Music that features a “singing” koala bear took the prize in one of Europe’s highest-profile AI competitions yet. A team of Australian programmers, designers, and musicians won the inaugural AI Song Contest with a koala-tinged track called “Beautiful the World.”

May 20, 20202 min read
Roll Over, Beyoncé: How OpenAI's Jukebox generates synthetic music
Music

Roll Over, Beyoncé: How OpenAI's Jukebox generates synthetic music

A new generative model croons like Elvis and raps like Eminem. It might even make you think you’re listening to a lost demo by the Beatles. OpenAI released Jukebox, a deep learning system that has generated thousands of songs in styles from country to metal and soul.

May 6, 20202 min read
Roll Over, Beyoncé: How OpenAI's Jukebox generates synthetic music
Music

Roll Over, Beyoncé: How OpenAI's Jukebox generates synthetic music

A new generative model croons like Elvis and raps like Eminem. It might even make you think you’re listening to a lost demo by the Beatles. OpenAI released Jukebox, a deep learning system that has generated thousands of songs in styles from country to metal and soul.

May 6, 20202 min read

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