During Wednesday's US trading session, Alphabet announced on its official blog that the Gemini application now includes its most advanced music generation model, Lyria 3. Users can create 30-second music clips using text or images. According to the announcement, "Simply describe an idea or upload a photo, and Gemini can transform it into a high-quality, catchy song within seconds. To further expand the creative possibilities, you can even instruct Gemini to draw inspiration from the uploaded content." The company stated that Gemini can not only generate songs from text but also compose a track that perfectly matches the mood by "uploading a photo or video." The resulting 30-second song comes with a custom cover designed by Nano Banana. Additionally, creators can explore Lyria 3 through YouTube's Dream Track feature to enhance the quality of background music for Shorts videos. Alphabet confirmed that Lyria 3 has launched in the United States and is being rolled out gradually to creators in other regions. The company mentioned that Lyria's audio generation capabilities incorporate its latest privacy and security features, with all generated tracks receiving a subtle, inaudible watermark via SynthID technology to detect if the music was created or edited by artificial intelligence. Following the news, shares of the major Western music streaming service Spotify gave up nearly 5% of their intraday gains, while Sirius XM also briefly turned negative. Some analysts suggested that while Alphabet's music generation model is not expected to be a fatal blow to Spotify, such moves may pressure the latter to accelerate the launch of its own AI remixing features. Furthermore, integrating audio creation tools into a mobile application could strengthen the competitiveness of Alphabet's consumer products. For Alphabet, there is a need to continually demonstrate to investors that its investments in AI products can drive revenue growth. Generative AI tools have been met with caution and even hostility in the music industry, with many professionals viewing them as potential threats to business models and intellectual property. Alphabet emphasized in its blog that its system includes safeguards preventing the AI from directly copying specific artists' works. If a user names a real musician, Gemini will only treat it as a "broad source of creative inspiration," generating tracks with a similar style or atmosphere.