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Suno AI can generate power ballads about coffee – and jingles for the Guardian. But will it hurt musicians?


Plug in some prompts and the ‘ChatGPT for music’ whips up a song in seconds – if you don’t mind slightly silly lyrics

Heralded as the ChatGPT for music, Suno AI is the latest iteration of generative artificial intelligence to flood social feeds, wowing users with its (ahem) lyrical prowess. Elvis Costello, REM, Billie Eilish, Katy Perry and Jon Bon Jovi signed an open letter last week calling for AI companies to pledge not to develop technology that undermines or replaces the roles of songwriters or artists. A dystopian outcome of a product like Suno would be music streaming sites becoming clogged up with AI songs that sound similar in style to artists already struggling to earn a living from those very same platforms.

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