Sony Releases Beatles-Inspired Song Made with A.I. Software

Last week Sony revealed that they've created two new pop songs by use of artificial intelligence. The songs were made at a Sony CSL Research Laboratory using the company's Flow Machines software which learns musical styles from a catalog of songs and then compiles various combos of style transfer, interaction techniques, and optimization. The French Composer Benoît Carré wrote the lyrics to the first song, "Daddy's Car," which has been characterized as being in the same style as the Beatles. He also produced and arranged the track with the help of Artificial Intelligence Flow Machines. The second of the two songs is titled "The Ballad of Mr. Shadow" and is similar in style to jazz artists such as Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin.