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MusicGen
MusicGen is an AI model made by Meta. Meta released it on 2 August 2023. It is generally available. Its weights are open. Its licence is CC-BY-NC 4.0.
In inglese
- Released
- 2 August 2023 — about.fb.com, read 16 October 2026
- Status
- Generally available — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Takes
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: text, audio and text
- Returns
- Audio — ai.meta.com, read 16 October 2026
- Open weights
- Yes — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Licence
- CC-BY-NC 4.0 — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Context window
- Not confirmed: The cited maker pages do not print a standard context-window limit in tokens.
- Longest answer
- Not confirmed: The maker documents output duration in seconds (up to 30 seconds in one pass), not a standard maximum output measured in tokens; converting units is not permitted.
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not confirmed: The cited maker pages do not state a knowledge-cutoff date for MusicGen.
- API price, input
- Not confirmed: No standard hosted API input-token price is printed on the cited maker pages.
- API price, output
- Not confirmed: No standard hosted API output-token price is printed on the cited maker pages.
- Where
- Downloadable weights — about.fb.com, read 16 October 2026
- Parameters
- Not confirmed: Meta publishes different parameter counts for MusicGen variants (300M, 1.5B, and 3.3B), not one parameter count for MusicGen as a single model entry.
- Model card
- https://github.com/facebookresearch/audiocraft/blob/main/model_cards/MUSICGEN_MODEL_CARD.md — github.com, read 16 October 2026
Questions
When was MusicGen released?
Meta released MusicGen on 2 August 2023.
Is MusicGen still available?
Yes: it is generally available, as Meta states it.
Are the weights of MusicGen open?
Yes: Meta publishes the weights of MusicGen for download.
What is the licence of MusicGen?
The licence of MusicGen is CC-BY-NC 4.0, as Meta names it.
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Sources
- AudioCraft - Meta AI (read 16 October 2026)
- audiocraft/model_cards/MUSICGEN_MODEL_CARD.md at main · facebookresearch/audiocraft (read 16 October 2026)
- audiocraft/docs/MUSICGEN.md at main · facebookresearch/audiocraft (read 16 October 2026)
- Introducing AudioCraft: A Generative AI Tool For Audio and Music (read 16 October 2026)
- audiocraft/demos/musicgen_app.py at main · facebookresearch/audiocraft (read 16 October 2026)