TikTok is exploring the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to generate songs based on prompts. According to TechCrunch, the social media giant has made the experimental feature available to a select few users, but it remains unknown when it will be fully released. The platform has teamed up with Bloom, a large language model, to develop the lyrics, while TikTok’s pre-existing collection of music will reinforce the instrumentals. The app will also come with certain restrictions that prohibit harassment, impersonation, defamation, and the spread of false or personal information.
In a recent TikTok video, user Jonah Manzano demonstrated how the new feature works. Users are offered prompts such as “cuddling with pets,” “going to concerts,” and “a new beginning,” or they can come up with their own. After the prompts have been submitted, the app will begin generating a song with genres like “pop,” “EDM,” or “hip-hop.” AI Song is an experimental feature available on TikTok, utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to generate songs based on prompts you input.
Although YouTube has likewise embraced music AI with its Dream Track prototype, enabling users to create songs based off clones of famous artists such as Demi Lovato and Alec Benjamin, the use of AI in music is rather controversial. Some musicians appreciate the added features AI can bring, while others warn about its dangers. For example, Bad Bunny was recently outraged by an AI-generated collaboration he had with Justin Bieber that subsequently went viral. ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus, for his part, warned against AI, predicting that it would be “another very serious, existential challenge” that “will radically change the world for creators and the creative industry.”
Therefore, it remains to be seen whether TikTok’s new AI feature will be welcomed or rejected by the broader world of music
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