on April 10, 2020
On 18 March, the European Radio and Television Union becomes clear: due to the current epidemic, the contest it has been organizing continuously for more than sixty years, Eurovision, will not take place. But his little virtual brother, in a way, is kept him. AI Song Contest is its name, organized by a Dutch public audiovisual group, VPRO, proposes to teams mixing artists, computer developers and scientists to create a «tube for Eurovision», with «the help of artificial intelligence». Although a little cautious at first, but finally determined to make it a fruitful scientific exercise, a team of computer music from Lille and Amiens, Algomus decided to participate. “Niam, the singer, was recorded on March 12,” says Mathieu Giraud, a researcher at the CNRS and head of the team. Four days later, the lockdown was declared.” The song will be finalized remotely.
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