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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,