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UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP AND UDIO ANNOUNCE UDIO’S FIRST STRATEGIC AGREEMENTS FOR NEW LICENSED AI MUSIC CREATION PLATFORM – UMG https://www.universalmusic.com/universal-music-group-and-udio-announce-udios-first-strategic-agreements-for-new-licensed-ai-music-creation-platform/
The Metaculus forecast for arrival the first AGI has extended out ~3 years since its all-time low set in February this year. Now at May 2033. The ‘weak’ AGI standard, without robotic manipulation, is up from Sep 2026 to Oct 2027. (HT @ben_j_todd) https://x.com/robertwiblin/status/1983110134499860874
It looks like AI music is following the same path as AI text: 1) Appears to have passed the Turing Test, people are only 50/50 in identifying older Suno vs. human songs (but 60/40 when two songs are the same genre) 2) Same fast development, new models are getting better quickly. https://x.com/emollick/status/1981501021320053020
