(Yicai) Aug. 14 -- 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 for search and text creation.

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 today. 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 gives them the chance 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 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 Beijing-based Kunlun Tech. 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 Tech has previously 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. “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 percent of the eight billion people globally were willing to pay, it would still generate high revenue,” he noted.

When asked about the intense competition in the LLM field, Fang said that Kunlun Tech has a rich experience of developing end-product apps, as it does not only specialize in algorithms. This way, the company has a significant advantage over competitors, he pointed out.

In the cut-throat AI market overseas, Chinese companies first need to achieve perfection in their vertical fields to attract users, Fang said. Thanks to the AI frenzy, language barriers have almost disappeared, so the main competitive point lies in the efficiency of execution, which is another advantage of Kunlun Tech.

The company has developed an effective set of standard operating procedures for various overseas content and entertainment products, enabling rapid replication on a global scale, according to Fang.

Kunlun Tech began expansing abroad from the time it was set up in 2008. Its business covers over 100 countries and regions, and its information distribution and metaverse software Opera, along with karaoke app StarMaker, each boast more than 300 million monthly active users.

Editor: Futura Costaglione