London (AP) – Is it underground velvet or velvet sunset?
Fictional rock group Velvet Sundown features AI-generated music, lyrics and album art, shouting debates about how new technology blurs the line between practical and synthesis in the music industry, and whether creators should be transparent with their audience.
Computer software is widely used in music production, and artificial intelligence is just the latest tool that jockeys, music producers and others have added to their production pipeline. However, the rise of AI song generators like Suno and Udio is set to transform the industry as they can create songs at just a few prompts.
Some people don’t care if they listen to music generated by AI, but others may want to know.
If you come across a new song that makes you wonder if it’s 100% made with AI, there are a few ways to reveal how it was created.
I’ll check the background
If you’re wondering who’s behind the song, try the old-fashioned detective job.
The “most obvious cues” come from “external factors,” says Manuel Musalam, head of research and development at streaming service Deeser.
Do bands and artists have social media accounts? The lack of social existence may indicate that there is no one there. If they exist online, find out what type of content you’re posting and how long it will return.
Are there any indications that artists and bands exist in real life? Are there any future concerts? Can I buy tickets for the gig? Are there any footage of past concerts on YouTube? Has an established record label released a single or an album?
Try going for the sauce. Song Creators publish songs generated on either the Suno or Udio platform, but not always. Other users can find it.
The catch is that you need to sign up for an account to access it. Users can view genres and playlists by looking at the song by track name or by creator handle. However, finding a song can still be difficult, especially if you don’t know the song or the name of the creator.
Song tag
Deather has flagged albums that contain songs generated by AI. Fighting against streaming con artists Looking to make quick money through royalty payments.
The Deezer app and website notify listeners with the on-screen label “AI Generated Content”, pointing out that some tracks from the album were created with Song Generators.
According to the company’s CEO, the system relies on internal technology to detect subtle but recognizable patterns found in all audio created by AI Song Generators. The company has not specified how many songs it has tagged since it rolled out its feature in June, but it says that up to 18% of songs uploaded to the platform each day are generated by AI.
Song scanner
There are several third-party services available online that promise to determine whether a song is human-made or AI-generated.
I uploaded some of the songs I generated to the online detector IRCAM amplificationA subsidiary of French Music and Sound Research Institute Ircam. The likelihood that they would be generated by AI ranges from 81.8% to 98%, and it said it was accurately estimated to have been made with Suno.
As a cross-check, I uploaded some old MP3s from my song library. This gave us a very low AI probability score.
The downside of Ircam’s tools is that you cannot paste links to songs, so you cannot see songs that are only heard on streaming services.
There are several other websites where you can upload song files and paste Spotify links for analysis, but they have their own limitations. When I tried them for this story, the results were not conclusive, or flagged some AI songs like humanity, and vice versa.
Please check the lyrics
AI Song Tools can help you understand both music and lyrics. Many serious users like to write their own words and plug in them. This is because we discovered that AI-generated lyrics tend to have a bad tendency.
However, casual users may prefer to write them on the machine. A very bad rhyme scheme or repetitive lyrical structure may be a clue that the song is not artificial. But it is subjective.
Some users report that Suno tends to use certain words in lyrics such as “Neon”, “Shadows” and “Whispers.”
If the song contains these words, being an AI is a “dead giveaway,” said Lucas Rams, a Philadelphia area resident. He used Suno to create three albums for his AI band Sleeping With Wolves, but writes his own lyrics. “I don’t know why. I love putting neon in everything.”
There’s no simple answer
AI technology is improving so quickly there is no innocent way to determine whether the content is authentic or not. Experts say they can’t rely on the ears.
“In general, it can be difficult to determine whether a track is generated from listening to AI, and as technology becomes more and more advanced, it’s becoming more challenging,” says Deezer’s Mousallam. “Generative models such as Suno and Udio are constantly changing. That is, older identifiers such as vocals that have distinctive reverbs are not always valid.”
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