OpenAI Reportedly Developing AI Music Tool Amid Copyright Concerns

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT and Sora, is reportedly working on a new generative AI tool capable of creating music from both text and audio prompts, according to a report from The Information. This innovative tool could allow users, particularly content creators, to easily add original soundtracks or instrumental pieces to videos.

While details remain scarce, the tool is expected to offer sophisticated features such as multi-vocal track generation and AI-assisted mixing, making it potentially valuable for musicians and creators. Development reportedly involves collaboration with students from the prestigious Juilliard School, who are assisting in annotating musical scores to train the AI model effectively. This project builds upon OpenAI's previous explorations into music AI, including MuseNet and Jukebox (released in 2020 but no longer maintained).

OpenAI's potential entry into this space would place it in direct competition with existing AI music solutions from companies like Google and startups such as Suno. However, the development surfaces amidst ongoing ethical and copyright discussions within the music industry.

Concerns persist about fair compensation for human artists whose work might be used in training data, with figures like Paul McCartney advocating for stronger protections. The rise of AI music has also led to issues like fraudulent streaming revenue on platforms like Spotify and the emergence of AI-generated tracks and virtual bands achieving viral success, sometimes controversially.

OpenAI has not officially confirmed the existence of this music tool, its potential launch date, or whether it will be a standalone product or integrated into existing platforms like ChatGPT or the Sora video generator.

Sources - theinformation.com , ndtv