2024-03-27 23:00:00
Fascinating, but worrying. The newspaper tested the Suno.AI web application which allows, in less than a minute, to create a complete song for free from a few key words.
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It’s disarmingly simple. Once on the website, simply click on Create (Create), then enter a few keywords in the box Song Description (Song description) and that’s it.
The site is only available in English, but lyrics can be generated in any language.
“It’s worrying,” says guitarist David Bussières, of the duo Alfa Rococo, following testing this software. “The result is far from perfect, but these are only the beginning. In two or three years, it will have improved exponentially.”
55 seconds
By timing the entire process for creating a song, The newspaper took only 55 seconds to create End of Winter, an electro-pop song reminiscent of the style of the group Valaire.
By writing “French pop song with a verse and a chorus regarding the end of winter” in the box Description of the songthe robot only needed regarding ten seconds to generate two extracts that corresponded to the commands.
After choosing the better of the two, we asked the application to integrate a few extra seconds by writing in the box to this effect; “finish the song with parts of the chorus and a melody that gradually fades out”, then the track was complete.
100,000 songs per day
The possibility of creating a large number of songs in such a short time is alarming for the Quebec Association of the Recording, Entertainment and Video Industry (ADISQ).
“There are more than 100,000 songs per day that are uploaded to streaming platforms, so if we add artificial intelligence products, it becomes an ocean from which it is difficult for our artists to emerge. », worries Simon Claus, director of public affairs and research at ADISQ.
The question of copyright also concerns people who work in the musical world. Applications like Suno.AI can draw from all available musical repertoires, without notifying the artists, to produce what is asked of them.
“As we do not know which data from which directories are used, we cannot apply the Act and ensure that artists receive the compensation due to them when their music is used,” laments Simon Claus.
A federal bill is currently in the works to require more transparency from administrators of software using artificial intelligence. We would like those responsible to be obliged to disclose which artists the software is inspired by and that they be forced to mention it when a song produced by artificial intelligence is found on the platforms.
“It is unacceptable that artists are not duly remunerated,” denounces David Bussières, also involved with Artisti, an organization which campaigns for copyright in the art world. “Artificial intelligence ingests decades of know-how and musical heritage to generate [des chansons]so artists should be paid accordingly.”
What they said
“We need guidelines to regulate the use of artificial intelligence in music and we must remain focused on the human side of creation”
– Alexandre Alonso, director of Quebec affairs for the Canadian Society of Authors, Composers and Music Publishers (SOCAN)
“I don’t understand why we need this. If it takes work away from a human, I think it’s certainly not good.”
– Ed Sheeran at Audacy LiveAugust 2023
“I worry regarding the composers and musicians of films, TV series, and commercials. Productions that have less and less budget will perhaps turn to artificial intelligence, instead of hiring real people, to save money.
– David Bussières, member of the Alfa Rococo duo.
“I don’t see this situation in a very optimistic way, it scares me a little”
– Billie Eilish at The Late, Late Show with James Corden, May 2023
“All artists are inspired by the great masters, but unlike when it is software that does it, there is an imprint of originality and the exercise of judgment during creation”
– Simon Claus, director of public affairs and research at ADISQ
About Suno.AI
Founded in 2022 in Massachusetts, Suno.AI uses two engines powered by artificial intelligence to produce songs in no time. The first engine, developed by the application’s engineers, takes care of everything related to the instrumental by feeding and learning from the musical databases at its disposal. For the lyrics and titles, Suno uses the famous ChatGPT program, from the company Open AI.
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