Copilot, Microsoft’s chatbot, can now create AI-generated songs on demand following a partnership with Suno AI. The new plug-in can easily generate personalised music—with lyrics—using only a simple text prompt.
Users can gain access to the integration by going to copilot.microsoft.com, logging in with their Microsoft account, and then enabling the plug-in, or clicking on the Suno logo. To start composing, you can enter one or two lines describing your would-be song; this can be about the theme or premise, its genre, or even what it’ll be based on. The AI will then generate two songs per prompt that you can like, share, download, and remix.
The feature can handle straightforward prompts such as “a pop song about losing a card tournament” and complex ones like “An epic tale sung in a tavern to the tune of Barns Courtney’s Hobo Rocket”. I’ve used both prompts, and the AI generated each song in under a minute, complete with lyrics, a genre category, and even an album cover. However, with the latter prompt, the AI singer had trouble incorporating different keywords from the prompt into a cohesive song.
Unfortunately, there are limitations to this system, besides its slight difficulty with complex prompts. Much like its painting counterpart, the Suno plug-in is still not available to some Windows machines, either because the AI assistant has yet to receive the musical update or because Copilot isn’t on the Windows machine at all. This will most likely be patched in the coming Windows 11 23H2 update.
The Suno AI also has a credit system, a special currency that can only be used to create songs with Suno. Free users will be given 50 credits (10 songs) a day, and each prompt input will earn 10 of those credits. But if you’re interested in monetising the AI-generated songs, then you’ll need to fork over some cash to get the commercial rights to them, but you are free to share them on social platforms or for other non-commerical uses. Users can spend US$8 (~RM37) for the “Pro” tier and US$24 (~RM111) for the “Premier” tier; both plans grant users commercial rights, thousands of credits, optional top-ups, and priority generation queues.
Oh, by the way. Remember the songs which I “composed” earlier? Have a listen by clicking here and here. You’re welcome.
(Source: Microsoft Bing Blogs / Suno FAQ)
