Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Google launches music generation model Lyria 3 Pro, with greater creative control and allowing users to create three-minute tracks, compared to 30 seconds for Lyria 3— Google announced the release of Lyria 3 Pro, a music generation model, on Wednesday, one month after the release of Lyria 3.
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