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More Artists Are Writing Songs in the Key of AI
Music written by teams, David Byrne once wrote, is arguably more accessible than that written by a sole composer. Collaborations, he mused, may result in more "universal" sentiments. Now music producers are enlisting AI to crank out hits. Created by Sony's Computer Science Laboratories, Flow Machines analyzes tracks from around the world, then suggests scores that artists--including electropop musician ALB and jazz vocalist Camille Bertault--interpret into songs. For its debut album, Hello World, the AI also surveyed syllables and words from existing music to create original (albeit gibberish) vocals.