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From jingles to pop hits, AI is music to some ears

A growing number of firms are using artificial intelligence to compose music

AI, artificial intelligence, music
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Having machines write music is not new. Now tech giants are also getting involved in the drive to produce computer-generated scores (Photo: iSTOCK)

Alex Marshall
Patrick Stobbs recently sat in a conference room here playing songs from his smartphone, attempting to show how his start-up, Jukedeck, is at the cutting edge of music. The tune sounded like the soundtrack to a 1980s video game. “This is where we were two years ago,” he said, looking slightly embarrassed.

“And this is where we are now,” he continued. He then played a gentle piano piece. Its melody was simple, and it was unsubtle in its melancholy, but there was no denying that it could work as background music for, say, a health insurance commercial.

Stobbs didn’t write the music