Thanks to the Jukebox tool, developed by the NGO Open AI, a computer is able to compose a song from any artist from scratch, reproducing his music, but also his voice.
A new level has just been reached in computer generated music. Artificial intelligence is now able to compose, from scratch, a song by any artist.
If tomorrow you hear that an unpublished work by a famous artist has been found in an attic, beware. It may have been completely made by a computer. As for this David Bowie title that no one has heard before. The quality is not great, because we supposedly found it in an old chest. On the same cassette, there was also an unreleased song by Michael Jackson and even an unknown song by Frank Sinatra.
In fact, we found nothing at all. What you will hear when listening to it is an artificial intelligence which is not only capable of composing music and words. But also, for the first time, to imitate the voice of the artist. It is true that one can easily be fooled.
What will it be used for, to make fakes?
Not necessarily. This would, for example, make automatic radios with only variations of his favorite hits. If you are a fan of Despacito, just choose - "Luis Fonsi - Despacito", and it will generate an original. The tool is called Jukebox. It is developed by the NGO Open AI.
But is it legal?
This is the big question. And this is precisely the objective of Open AI: to do the most advanced research in artificial intelligence. Make them available to everyone. Alert, so that no one can appropriate or misuse them. For example: generate unpublished works by famous artists.