KUNLUN Tech, the Chinese internet and gaming company behind the Opera browser and video games such as “King of Wushu” and “World of Warships Blitz,” has released two artificial intelligence music generators, after previously launching large language models (LLMs) for search and text creation, media reports said.

Melodio, an AI music streaming platform, and Mureka, an AI music generation and sharing platform, are both powered by SkyMusic 2.0 and can be downloaded globally from their respective websites, Beijing-based Kunlun Tech announced Wednesday. Melodio is also available in the App Store and Google Play.

Melodio offers AI-generated music streams tailored to a user’s mood and scenarios in real time, and allows them to modify prompts, switch between generated lyrics, and save or share their favorite tunes on the fly. Mureka empowers users to create and monetize their AI-generated music by inputting lyrics and reference tracks and controlling music styles.

SkyMusic 2.0, employing the firm’s self-developed DiT (Diffusion Transformer) architecture, is the industry’s first AI music model capable of consistently and stably generating endless music feed in specific styles with the ability to process lyrics of more than 500 words and produce six-minute, 4400-hertz dual-channel stereo AI songs.

Unlike other music LLMs such as Suno or Udio, SkyMusic 2.0 and its Melodio and Mureka products also have the capability to create based on musical references and audio samples.

Melodio and Mureka can help lower the creation barrier and streamline the music creation process for professionals, according to Kunlun. They aim to assist user-generated content and professionally generated content creation for scenarios such as music, video, podcasts, and adverts and in exploring the boundaries of AI music content co-creation.

Kunlun has previously released LLMs for AI search. “Artificial general intelligence is definitely our goal, and multi-modality is an important step on the path to AGI,” said chairman and chief executive officer Fang Han, as quoted by yicai.com. “One benefit of multi-modality is that after understanding videos and audios, LLMs can access more scenarios.”

The launch of  Melodio and Mureka follows Kunlun Tech’s strategy of targeting content and entertainment applications, said Fang. “Content and entertainment app users have a higher tolerance for AIGC, so this market is very promising. Even if only 1% of the 8 billion people globally were willing to pay, it would generate a huge revenue,” he noted.

Data from consultation firm Fortune Business Insights showed that the global digital audio workstation market size was valued at US$2.95 billion in 2023, and the market is projected to grow from US$3.21 billion in 2024 to US$6.34 billion by 2032.(SD-Agencies)