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May 19, 2024, 06:00 PM Published
May 19, 2024, 06:00 PM At Google's Mountain View headquarters last week, a man clad in a rainbow-hued dressing gown emerged from a giant coffee cup to give a vibrant if somewhat surreal demonstration of the company's latest achievements in generative artificial intelligence. At the event, electronic musician and YouTuber Marc Rebillet tinkered with an AI music tool that can generate synced tracks based on prompts like "viola" and "808 hip-hop beat". The AI, he told developers, came up with ways to "fill in the sparser elements of my loops... It's like having this weird friend that's just like 'try this, try that'." Already a subscriber? Log in No contract ST app access on 1 mobile device All subscriber-only content on ST app and straitstimes.com Easy access any time via ST app on 1 mobile device E-paper with 2-week archive so you won't miss out on content that matters to youST One Digital
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