TikTok’s parent ByteDance has locked down AI-music patents in the US

Two separate research papers from ByteDance’s Speech, Audio & Music Intelligence (SAMI) team – both published in recent months – highlight the company’s extensive work in the field of music generation. The division is currently hiring for multiple roles – including an AI Product Operation Manager in San Jose, who will be responsible for “the implementation of audio and music AI technologies in TikTok”.

Source: TikTok’s parent ByteDance has locked down AI-music patents in the US – as its researchers develop a model trained on 257,000 hours of songs

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