At this point, anyone who has been following AI research is long familiar with generative models that can synthesize speech or melodic music from nothing but text prompting. Nvidia's newly revealed "Fugatto" model looks to go a step further,

Graphics and AI giant NVIDIA has announced a new AI model called Fugatto (short for Foundational Generative Audio Transformer Opus 1). Developed by an international team of researchers. It is being billed as "the world’s most flexible sound machine" taking on ElevenLabs and AI music maker Suno in one hit.

Nvidia’s Fugatto is designed for ‘film or audio productions,’ but it can also create the sound of a saxophone howling like a dog.

Nvidia says its new AI music editor can create “sounds never heard before” — like a trumpet that meows. The tool, called Fugatto, is capable of generating music, sounds, and speech using text and audio inputs it’s never been trained on.

"We wanted to create a model that understands and generates sound like humans do," said Rafael Valle, one of the researchers behind the project and a manager of applied audio research at NVIDIA. The company listed some possible real-world scenarios wherein Fugatto could be of use in its announcement.

From meowing trumpets to barking saxophones, Nvidia’s latest AI music editor is pushing the boundaries of audio creativity.

Nvidia, known for its sophisticated computer chips, is doubling down on its artificial intelligence offerings, developing a new generative AI audio model that can “produce sounds never heard before.” The new AI model is called Fugatto,

Nvidia's new model was trained on open-source data, and the company said it is still debating whether and how to release it publicly.