10X AI (Issue #7): Meta's MusicGen, Google's Releases, AI Design Tools, and Extra Limbs

Plus function calling for GPT models, Meta's I-JEPA, and using Bing or ChatGPT to explain foreign idioms, proverbs, and other abstract concepts.

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Welcome back to 10X AI: a weekly look at beginner-focused AI news, tools, and tips.

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Here are this week’s AI developments.

1. Meta joins the text-to-music game

On the text-to-music front, I’ve already looked at Riffusion and Google’s MusicLM.

Now, Meta has entered the scene with its open-source MusicGen model, capable of generating tracks from text prompts.

What’s cool about MusicGen is that it also lets you supply a melody alongside the text prompt (optional), which the model will use for inspiration.

Here’s what I got for “upbeat funk track” mixed with the Super Mario theme song: