'No need to power data centers that guzzle water and heat the planet': Deezer's new Remix Lab tool uses absolutely no artificial intelligence and debunks trash music myths

Deezer introduces in-app tool Remix Lab in France; should be released elsewhere soon
It allows you to augment one song or combine two.
Does not use AI; artists get paid

AI peddlers may try to make you believe that artificial music is absolutely great and excellent, and that it is impossible (or at any rate unimportant) for the original artists to be paid to make it work. Well, Deezer just proved that totally wrong.

The music streaming service has just launched Remix Lab, a tool that allows you to combine or remix songs and then add them to your library. It’s available on the app right now, but only in France; The platform says it could come to more regions later this year, but for now, it largely includes French musicians.

I know what you’re wondering and I asked you: Deezer confirmed to TechRadar that no AI is used in the process. Happy days! The brand has been refreshingly anti-AI, but given how many companies have forgotten their anti-AI stances when a checkbook comes out, it never hurts to check.

AI? Not on this platform

Remixing music is nothing new, but it generally requires one of two things: some level of technical knowledge or the ability to calm your ethical qualms and use AI to do it. Since AI is often sold as a leveler of fields, now lack of talent is no longer an obstacle! — many assume that it should be used by untrained people.

Not according to Deezer, however, proving that you don’t need to power water-guzzling, planet-warming data centers to riff on existing songs. Deezer also says it’s the first streaming platform to offer a fully rights-compliant, artist-compliant song remix service, and I’d be inclined to believe them.

Another widespread myth about AI, perpetuated by both the world’s governments and unscrupulous rights holders, is that it is impossible to compensate artists for the use of their works, and that permission is optional. These robots may have been trained on your back catalog without your consent, but it would be impossible so that you are compensated for this, apparently.

For Deezer, this doesn’t work. The platform has confirmed that artists have agreed to have their songs used in Remix Lab and receive compensation for remixes and listens through the tool. let him ~~dollars~~ Euros roll!

Every day, AI sounds more and more redundant; You can’t help but hear about companies laying off staff to save money and then spending more on AI credits, or filmmakers sinking their careers by making shoddy historical shows and aligning themselves with AI brands. And that’s why Deezer is doing a good job, continuing to show us that there is a better way and that this “panacea” should actually be criticized.