IBM s Watson Beat: who owns music made by a machine?
Get the Full StoryWe ve seen IBM s Watson politely annihilate humans in Jeopardy, make a movie trailer for Morgan, create never-before-eaten recipes and even understand nuance and tone to say the least. Now it s moving on to music. Watson Beat is IBM s music arm of Watson; an AI-driven music composing app that s sparked some debate about music copyright. Speaking on the panel at Amsterdam Dance Event s Tech conference yesterday, IBM THINKLab Director, Elizabeth Transier, explained how this open sourced, AI-powered music generator works. Essentially you take monophonic melody input and pick a genre and Watson Beat will generate composition after composition after composition until it s a… This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: IBMShare: