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Martin Österdahl’s comment on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Eurovision!

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Martin Österdahl, the executive supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest, made statements regarding the use of artificial intelligence.

Martin Österdahl said Eurovision should “become friends” with Artificial Intelligence, as the contest explores opportunities to use machine learning in live broadcast production.

Last year, the Junior Eurovision Song Contest made headlines when the artists’ pre-performance postcards featured very obvious uses of AI content creation.

The use of AI by Spanish broadcaster RTVE has divided fans, with many expressing concern on social media that this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Basel will also feature AI.

When asked by The Euro Trip whether RTVE’s AI techniques would be used again by this year’s Eurovision broadcaster SRG SSR, Österdahl ruled it out, saying: “Not in that way, no.”

In the same The Euro Trip podcast, Martin Österdahl was asked whether the use of AI is beneficial or not for Eurovision.

“The Eurovision Song Contest is sprung out of a ridge which is to celebrate and to move technological advances forward in a contest and a corporation which is very humane, based on human values. We just have to figure out how to make AI our friend. It’s not going to go away, we know that. I have three kids who are already using AI for different things. We have to figure out how to become friends with it and use it to the best of our advantage, and in line with the values that we have.”

The Co-Executive Producer of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest Reto Peritz has confirmed that he and his team are in dialogue with the EBU to protect the competition from destructive uses of artificial intelligence.

“This is part of the rules, or should be part of the rules. The host broadcaster is not involved in the rules – they’re made by the EBU and all the members of the EBU. Whatever the rules say, we will follow of course. At SRG – our broadcaster – we have very strict AI rules when it comes to news and magazines, and also for entertainment. We are discussing this with the EBU at the moment.”

You can listen to to full podcast episode below.

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San Marino: A songwriting camp for the AI – generated entries!

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A songwriting camp will be held in collaboration with the Casperaki tech company aiming at producing an entry for Una Voce Per San Marino 2024.

Following a call for people to create songs via special chatbots developed by Casperaki, SMRTV has apparently confirmed that ten songs have been selected for a songwriting camp in London from 18 to 21 January.

The camp will be led by producers TommyD and Stefan Moessle, who will work with a number of songwriters, producers and artists to finalize the ten entries. One of the artists who have confirmed their involvement is Marie Wegener, the winner of Deutschland sucht den Superstar 2018.

Casperaki is a London-based start-up that aims to combine music technology with human creativity. The music production system uses a combination of artificial intelligence, samples and patterns to help shape ideas into both short sound clips and full songs. With additional tools for melody and lyric development, as well as AI vocals for demo tracks, Casperaki is dedicated to making music creation accessible and collaborative. “San Marino Sessions” is a unique experiment exploring the collaboration between AI and humans in music creation.

Everyone can listen, comment and express their preference for Casperaki’s songs in order to guide the professional musicians participating in the camp to choose the songs with the biggest potential.

You can listen to all the ten songs by clicking HERE!

The chosen song will be announced at a later date and will compete in the Established Artists category at Una voce per San Marino 2024.

The semi-finals will be held during February to select the eight emerging artists who will compete in the Grand Final, where they will meet the other eight established artists. On 2 March, at the Final, the jury will determine the results and, consequently, the country’s representative for Eurovision 2024!

The Piqued Jacks, winners of UVPSM 2023, finished in last place in their semifinal with zero points.

Source: Casperaki

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