Daily 8/24: Alibaba HappyShrimp, Adobe Firefly audio, Galaxy Corporation robot park

Alibaba pushes into AI music generation with HappyShrimp, Adobe makes music, speech, and sound-effect generation generally available in Firefly, and Galaxy Corporation unveils an AI-powered K-pop robot park in Seoul.

• [Chosun Ilbo] Alibaba Expands the AI Music Race With HappyShrimp ↗

  Alibaba's HappyShrimp is emerging as a text-prompt model for generating complete songs, bringing a major Chinese tech company into a market shaped by Suno and Udio. The report says HappyShrimp is working with Chinese music company Taihe Music on artist co-creation. The AI music race is moving beyond model capability alone into distribution rights, copyright rules, and collaboration structures with artists.

• [The AI Economy] Adobe Makes Firefly's Music, Speech, and Sound-Effect Tools Generally Available ↗

  Adobe has made Firefly's music, speech, and sound-effect generation tools generally available, letting video and image creators add sound inside the same creative environment. It also opened a free tier for Firefly AI Assistant and added Google's Gemini Omni Flash to the supported model lineup. The move keeps more of the early creative workflow inside Firefly instead of sending creators to stock libraries or separate audio-generation services.

• [Malay Mail] Galaxy Corporation Unveils an AI-Powered K-Pop Robot Park in Seoul ↗

  Galaxy Corporation has unveiled a Seoul robot park that combines AI, robotics, and K-pop performance. The company said it is targeting global entertainment markets with AI-powered K-pop shows. As robot performance and virtual staging move into physical venues, K-pop IP is being tested as an experience business rather than only recorded media or live concerts.