Google opens access to MusicLM AI for text-to-music conversion

Lately, AI-generated music has been in the spotlight. Now Google is moving in that direction, as the company is opening up access to artificial intelligence for text-to-music conversion, called MusicLM.

MusicLM has been the focus of a recent trend.

Google detailed the system back in January when it published the MusicLM study. At the time, the company said it did not plan to make MusicLM publicly available because of ethical concerns about copyrighted material, some of which the AI copied directly into the songs it created.

The company said at the time that it did not plan to make MusicLM publicly available because of ethical concerns about copyrighted material, some of which the AI copied directly into the songs it created.

This year, however, the course of AI development has changed dramatically, and the company now feels comfortable enough to allow everyone to try MusicLM.

The current public version of MusicLM does not allow users to create music with specific artists or vocals. This can help Google avoid copyright issues and prevent users from creating fake “unreleased songs” by popular artists and selling them for thousands of dollars.

Now you can sign up to try MusicLM through AI Test Kitchen in your browser, on Android and iOS. Google suggests you try out cues based on mood, genre and instrument, such as “soulful jazz for a dinner party” or “two guitars with nylon strings playing flamenco style.” The experimental AI will generate two options, and you can identify your favorite by selecting a trophy icon. Google says this will help improve the AI.