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The internet is already clogged with AI slop. The last thing we need is another flood of horrible content. Music may be a tougher category to master than text or images because people form emotional bonds with songs. That makes tools like Lyria 3 interesting, but also more sensitive to scrutiny. Von Seggern thinks the audio quality is "quite good," but he was less impressed by its originality. "I was disappointed that it seemed pretty generic," he said.

Google says it believes in working alongside artists to enhance human creativity, not to replace it. Grammy-winning artist Wyclef Jean used Lyria 3 as a creative tool during the development of his song, Back From Abu Dhabi. Jean says, "There's one thing we have over AI, and that's soul. There's one thing that AI has over us, and that's infinite creation," calling the combination of both "invincible." And it seems other artists, like Grimes, wouldn't mind if their music is used for training or fusion with AI, but for compensation. Others have seemed to try to take it to the dark side. In 2025,

Lyria 3 is Google DeepMind's latest multimodal music AI model. This means it can work with more than one kind of input, including text, audio and images, and it composes a soundtrack that fits the mood and timing of the visuals. The tool can generate high-fidelity music with more natural flow from note to note, and it can now keep melody, rhythm and style more consistent from the beginning of a track to the end.  Lyria 3 in Gemini is included in all of Google's AI plans, with higher limits for paid subscribers and for Lyria 3 Pro. According to the company, Lyria 3 Pro is available across produ