Adobe reveals a GenAI tool for music | TechCrunch

Adobe unveiled Project Music GenAI Control, a platform that can generate audio from text descriptions or a reference melody and let users customize the results. Using Project Music GenAI Control, users can adjust things like tempo, intensity, repeating patterns and structure or extend tracks to arbitrary lengths. Project Music GenAI Control was developed in collaboration with researchers at the University of California and Carnegie Mellon. The tool aims to put users "in the director's seat" by generating music but also giving various forms of control so musical ideas can be explored without needing composition skills. GenAI music tools are raising ethical and legal concerns as AI-created music proliferates, with some passing as authentic works. Music labels have issued takedowns of viral homemade tracks using GenAI to conjure familiar sounds, citing copyright. There is still a lack of clarity on whether deepfake music violates the IP of artists, labels and other rights holders. A judge ruled AI-generated art can't be copyrighted but the Copyright Office hasn't taken a firm stance on copyright and AI. It is unclear if users could face copyright violations for commercializing music generated in another artist's style. Adobe develops its GenAI tools against licensed or public domain data to avoid IP issues and is working on watermarking technology.