AdvertisementGoogle's DeepMind and YouTube previously built and shelved Orca, an AI music tool.
Orca could generate music mimicking artists.
Google trained it on copyrighted YouTube music videos.
In November 2023, DeepMind announced a music generation AI model named Lyria, which was a pared-down version of the Orca project.
AdvertisementSome employees who worked on Lyria and Orca left to found a new startup named Udio, which makes an AI music creation app.
Persons:
Lizzie Widhelm, Taylor Swift, Orca, OpenAI, DeepMind, John Legend —
Organizations:
YouTube, Google