Stone to Silicon

Artificial intelligence · 2023

AI music generation

Full songs with vocals from a one-line prompt.

Suno launched its song generator to the public in December 2023, and its v3 model in March 2024 made two-minute songs with lyrics and vocals. It brought generative AI to music, along with major-label copyright suits.

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