Facebook's new AI feature will overshadow ChatGPT

The new AI feature that Facebook is working on could be one of the most important breakthroughs in recent years.

Artificial Intelligence's ability to generate music from prompts through machine learning techniques and a vast music dataset is truly fascinating. An AI algorithm can take a text-based prompt describing a musical style, and then examine patterns, structures, and features from a dataset to generate music that aligns with the provided instruction. The AI's ability to understand the interplay between various musical elements such as melodies, harmonies, rhythms, and instrumentations allows it to create an original piece that reflects the requested style, mood, and genre. Through continuous training and fine-tuning, the AI progressively excels at creating compositions that mirror the musical styles it has absorbed from the dataset, providing a unique AI-generated musical experience. Meta, the tech giant, has now developed an AI that achieves this feat.

Meta's MusicGen Library, akin to a musical equivalent of ChatGPT, consists of 10,000 premium licensed tracks. MusicGen enables users to input a short text description of the type of music they desire, and the AI in response generates a 12-second track that complies with their preferences. While it might not be ready to replace talented musicians, MusicGen delivers a unique and exciting experience in music generation.

Facebook's new AI feature will overshadow ChatGPT

Even though MusicGen's instrumental generation capabilities are admirable, it's worth noting that vocal synthesis is currently absent from its features. The focus, for now, is solely on instrumentals, but this does not diminish the tool's potential as a generator of fitting background audio for videos or presentations. Who knows, the capability to generate vocals might be an upcoming addition to MusicGen's features.

Meta demonstrates its commitment to legality through its usage of 10,000 premium licensed music tracks, along with royalty-free songs from platforms like Shutterstock and Pond5. However, as generative AI continues to gain popularity, concerns about potential copyright infringement are arising. Artists and record labels have started to take legal action against developers and platforms for unauthorized use of their works. Consequently, Meta might soon find itself in the legal sights of these aggrieved entities. The outcome of these impending issues for the company remains to be seen in the near future.