After images and video, Gemini now composes songs.

Gemini is now capable of generating 30-second songs from a prompt. Just type what comes to mind, optionally indicate a music style (reggae, opera, electro, metal...), and let the bot do its job, in French, English, Spanish, German, or one of the 8 available languages.

Gemini takes the mic

The result comes with an animated album cover, generated by the Nano Banana model. It is then possible to refine the lyrics, the tempo, and even the voice of the synthetic singer. Even better, Gemini can also "create" a song from a photo or a video.

The song can then be downloaded (as a video or as an MP3) or shared. Behind this feat lies the new Lyria 3 model developed by DeepMind. « The purpose of these pieces is not to create a musical masterpiece, but rather to offer you a fun and original way to express yourself », explains the search engine. So far, Lyria 3 was limited to a musical generation tool for creators of YouTube Shorts; until now limited to the United States, the model is now available worldwide.

But it is its integration into Gemini that should allow it to prove its virality. It is indeed remarkably simple to generate a song, whether through the Gemini app or via gemini.google.com. And it's free (paid subscribers benefit from a higher limit).

When it comes to generative AI, it also raises concerns about copyright, especially in the music industry. Industry companies have not held back in training their models, sometimes drawing from content without permission. Since the launch of Lyria in 2023, Google has « learned a lot » and aims to be « particularly attentive to respecting copyright and agreements made with our partners when training Lyria 3 ».

Gemini is not supposed to « imitate existing artists », but if the query includes the name of an artist, the bot will attempt to interpret it as a « creative inspiration source » and produce a track that shares « a similar style or atmosphere ». However, it is still possible to report any content that may infringe on copyright. « We acknowledge, however, that this approach is not infallible », admits the company.

Finally, every track generated by Gemini includes a SynthID watermark to identify its AI-generated nature. Simply upload the song to Gemini to find out more.

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Source : Google