In what could be seen as both a blessing and a curse to music creators, Google and YouTube have announced a collection of generative AI music tools called Music AI Sandbox. Designed using Google’s Lyria model, musicians can generate instrumentals and other musical elements from simple text prompts.
Unveiled at Google I/O 2024, Music AI Sandbox leverages the latest tech from Google’s DeepMind in areas like long musical context modeling and audio synthesis. It represents Google’s efforts to make generative AI more accessible and creative for musicians and producers. But while innovative, Music AI Sandbox raises concerns…