ElevenLabs launches its personal royalty-free AI music service

AI startup Eleven Labs simply introduced a service called Eleven Music, which generates pretend songs which can be cleared for industrial use. It is a prompt-based affair, so it could possibly create absolutely anything customers dream up.

The songs can function vocals and lyrics. The Washington Submit gave examples of prompts like “a easy jazz music with a ‘60s vibe and highly effective lyrics, however enjoyable for a Friday afternoon.” The service reportedly solely takes a couple of minutes to generate music.

The corporate has been quietly testing the platform for a while, with WSJ indicating it has given 20 of its clients entry to the mannequin and that they’ve used it to make stuff for movies, TV exhibits, video video games and apps. ElevenLabs hasn’t specified who the 20 clients are, seemingly as a result of folks get angry about AI slop.

As for coaching, the corporate has inked offers with two digital rights companies for smaller music labels referred to as Merlin Community and Kobalt Music Group. ElevenLabs co-founder and CEO Mati Staniszewski says he is aiming to get main labels on board. He additionally says that “the mannequin is strictly created on information that now we have entry to.” That is excellent news for the corporate, as different music-generation platforms like Suno and Udio have been sued for alleged use of copyrighted works.

AI-generated music is having one thing of a second proper now. The “band” Velvet Sunset is totally made up and managed to amass millions of listens on Spotify. It stays to be seen how a lot of that curiosity was based mostly on precise fandom or morbid curiosity.

ElevenLabs is primarily identified for its voice-generation know-how. It created a information app that reads tales to customers with AI-generated voices based on celebrities like Judy Garland and James Dean. One in every of its instruments was used to emulate Joe Biden’s voice in robocalls urging voters to not take part in a major. It is also been used to create deepfakes for other celebrities.