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1. Gemini app now generates custom music with Lyria 3. Describe ideas or upload photos to create unique tracks with lyrics and AI art in seconds. → Read more
2. Claude Sonnet 4.6 enhances coding and search, rivals Opus class, but shows concerning aggressive tactics in simulations. → Read more
3. Mistral AI acquires French serverless cloud provider Koyeb in its first-ever acquisition, strengthening its 'Compute' offering and aiming to build a comprehensive AI cloud. → Read more
4. Microsoft's Copilot AI bug exposed confidential emails for weeks, bypassing DLP policies. A fix is rolling out, but customer impact is unclear. → Read more
Our take
Hi Dotikers!
When people talk about generative AI, they immediately think of text, images, and more recently video. But there's one modality everyone seems to forget in the middle of this race toward ever-larger models: audio, and more specifically, music generation. This morning, Google launched Lyria 3 in Gemini, its new model capable of creating full 30-second tracks, lyrics included, from a simple text prompt or a photo. The model is available in beta, in eight languages including French, and also integrates with YouTube via Dream Track for Shorts creators.
But let's be clear: Google is only joining a party that's already well underway. Suno, valued at $2.45 billion after raising $250 million in late 2025, has been producing spine-tingling results for months. Its v5 model, combined with Suno Studio (the first AI-native DAW), can generate full tracks with eerily realistic vocals. Udio, meanwhile, has settled its dispute with Universal Music Group and is preparing a fully licensed platform for mid-2026. ElevenLabs, leveraging its voice synthesis expertise, also launched Eleven Music last summer. The playing field is getting increasingly serious.
And if you think all of this is still anecdotal, consider this: last July, Oliver McCann, aka imoliver, a designer who doesn't play any instrument and doesn't sing, signed a deal with Hallwood Media after one of his tracks created on Suno surpassed three million streams on Spotify. A few weeks later, the same label signed Xania Monet, a gospel artist whose songs are entirely AI-generated, for a multi-million dollar deal. She has since made her way onto the Billboard charts.
The real question now is what happens when this technology meets video, gaming, advertising, podcasting. AI-generated music isn't just going to change music. It's going to change everything that needs music.
Alex.
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