The inaugural event, styled after the Eurovision Song Contest, will see 13 teams from Europe and Australia create three-minute pop songs with the help of artificial intelligence.

It is organised by Dutch public broadcaster VPR and was due to be held alongside this year’s Eurovision in the Netherlands. However, following that event’s cancellation due to the coronavirus pandemic, the AI Song Contest will go ahead using an online format.

Ed Newton-Rex, judge and founder of London-based AI composition start-up Jukedeck, said the event would “dispel the lingering fear” around the technology.

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