Streaming service AiMi seems to be gearing to take on Spotify and Apple Music with an entirely AI-generated music subscription that costs $10 monthly. The new AiMi Plus will bring together artist-submitted samples with AI music for better mixes based on a series of moods. This could be a great way to bring something unique to a much-crowded subscription-based streaming segment.

Over 100 artists and DJs in the mix

CEO Edward Balassanian told CNET that the AI listens to samples of resembling music and each app preset “shapes the space that the AI will take the user through.” He added that the mixes are completely new every single time and will pack samples by more than 100 artists and DJs. The artists get paid each time a sample featuring them is used in a stream.

The service is currently “artist invite only,” but the company aims to make it publicly available by the end of this year. The $10 monthly subscription model is very successful with Spotify currently leading the way with 158 million paid users while Apple Music, which hasn’t shared any numbers, had around 60 million subscribers in 2019.

AI bringing noticeable changes

Besides, an AI tool called Uberduck might help you satisfy the musician in you. Uberduck enables a user to choose a celebrity voice and then enter text for them to speak. What makes this tool stand out from other tools is its ability to do a great job at replicating a rapper’s flow. 

The AI tool also allows you to synthesize speech into a “calm” or “intense” Tupac verse. The creator of the tool says they started building the system with the aim to create an open-minded dialog agent. AI has been making advancements in all fields possible.

Recently, Facebook showcased an AI research project called TextStyleBrush that can copy text style in the photo just by looking at it once. While previous AI could do the same but with a narrow set of examples, the new tech can recognize a wide range of handwriting and type styles, even with less-than-ideal angles and backgrounds.