Google's new music model turns your Mac into a live AI instrument
Google just open-sourced Magenta RealTime 2, a live music generation model that runs locally on Apple Silicon Macs with roughly 200ms latency. Controlled via MIDI, text, or audio, it acts like a playable synthesizer rather than a prompt-to-track generator. Why it matters: It shifts generative music from passive offline rendering into an active performance tool for musicians.