How AI is changing the music industry

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May 15, 2024

"Sonosynthesis" is an AI-based collaborative music composition sytem at the Misalignment Museum on March 8, 2023 in San Francisco, California. An exhibition titled the Misalignment Museum opened to the public in San Francisco on March 9th, 2023, featuring funny or disturbing AI art works, supposed to help visitors think about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. (Amy Osborne/AFP via Getty Images)

AI technology is rapidly advancing, particularly in its use of Large Language Models, or LLMs. LLMs are trained on massive amounts of data, including books, transcripts, speeches, articles and song lyrics. AI music programs use LLMs along with musical data, and AI songwriting technology is evolving quickly.

Here & Now's Scott Tong went to the Berklee College of Music to talk to Ben Camp, a professor who teaches songwriting, about how AI is changing the music industry. One of his courses is called Beats and Bots, where Camp teaches students how to use AI music tools in their work.

This segment aired on May 15, 2024.

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