It’s fair to say there’s a wide gamut of views within the music community about using generative AI tools in musicians’ work. Some loathe the idea, others love it, and there are many in the middle who are curious but wary.
A new partnership between AI research firm Runway and lyrics’n’metadata company Musixmatch may encourage some more of the unsure to give genAI a spin.
The deal will give Musixmatch’s community of artists access to Runway’s generative video tools, with the companies promising that “this makes the generation of lyric music videos faster, more unique and accessible”.
Runway’s flagship tool is called Gen-2, which generates videos based on text, images or video clips. Musixmatch chief of product Marco Paglia described the partnership as “a new assistant with whom to collaborate when making videos” for songwriters and artists.
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