OpenAI reportedly developing new generative music tool

OpenAI is working on a new tool that will generate music based on text and audio prompts A report by The Information.

Such a tool can be used to add music to an existing video or add guitar accompaniment to an existing vocal track, sources said. It’s not clear when OpenAI plans to launch such a tool or whether it will be available as a standalone product (as opposed to OpenAI’s integration with ChatGPT and Video App Sora)

A source told The Information that OpenAI is working with some students at the Juilliard School to annotate the scores as a way to provide training data.

Although OpenAI has launched generative music models in the past, they predated the launch of ChatGPT; More recently, the company has been Developing audio models Focused on text-to-speech and speech-to-text. Other companies with generative music models include Google and Suno.

TechCrunch has reached out to OpenAI for comment.