The tool, which was internally codenamed 'Orca,' let anyone generate music with just a few simple prompts. It was developed as Google scrambled to catch OpenAI.
Google eventually approached some music labels about releasing the Orca tool to the public, offering a revenue-share agreement for the music and artists Orca trained from, and the labels demurred, forcing Google to put the brakes on the project, that person said, adding that it was a 'huge legal risk.'
Orca is yet another example of how tech companies have moved at breakneck speeds to get ahead in the AI race. It also demonstrated how tech companies were willing to ride roughshod over their own rules to compete.
Google had previously avoided using copyrighted videos for AI training. When OpenAI started scraping YouTube for its own models, Google leadership decided to be more aggressive and reneged on its rule.
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