The Atlantic created a searchable database of the music used to train AI
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The Atlantic created a searchable database of the music used to train AI
Atlantic reporter Alex Reisner recently uncovered four datasets of music being used to train AI models and made them fully searchable for the public. Two of the sets are absolutely enormous at 12 million and 9 million tracks. The other two are much smaller, but still represent a significant amount of training data at over 100,000 songs each. According to Reisner, the sets have been downloaded thousands of times and, while it's impossible to know…
If you thought your favorite song was only heard by your friends in Spotify, I'm sorry to tell you that it could also be used to train an AI. Journalist Alex Reisner has released four music datasets that have been used to feed artificial intelligence models. Two of them are monstrous: 12 million and 9 million tracks. The other two, smaller, outnumber 100,000 songs each. And now, thanks to a publicly accessible database published by The Atlantic,…
Tracks by Drake, Vybz Kartel, Shenseea, Spice, Rihanna and Popcaan Found in Massive AI Training Datasets - World Music Views
Millions of pop songs, hip hop, reggae, dancehall and songs from other genres, recorded by some of the biggest stars in music, are being made available to artificial intelligence companies, potentially to train the next generation of AI music models. According to a report in the Atlantic titled, “The Millions of Songs Mashed Into AI-Generated Music,” AI developers have access to massive music datasets containing millions of songs. A search of th…
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