TikTok is reportedly experimenting with AI so that users will be able to generate music based on simple prompts, according to TechCrunch.
The short video platform has partnered with Bloom, a language model AI, for lyric creation, and the instrumental itself will be available from a pre-saved catalogue that TikTok provides.
In pretty much the same way you’d use something like ChatGPT, users can enter their own prompts or choose from a ‘curated’ selection such as “going to concerts” or “cuddling with pets” whilst also choosing a genre like Pop, EDM or Hip-Hop.
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Music News: TikTok Experimenting with AI Music
It’s both incredible and frightening just how quickly AI use is becoming commonplace in the creative world, with many artists already having to file copyright claims against tracks that have been created without their blessing or actual physical input.
Some have actually embraced this different approach to ‘song creation,’ with the likes of Grimes bringing out their own tech to essentially make it easier for people to use their favourite singer’s voice to add to their own tracks.
Essentially, this is probably TikTok’s way of trying to avoid paying out expensive licenses to artists when their track is used for a viral video. That may sound cynical, but that’s because I am.
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