BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.7//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news1873@dmi.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20250506T081049 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20250512T170000 SUMMARY:AI-ESC DESCRIPTION:The Responsible Digital Society research network is organizing an “AI-ESC” with only AI-generated music\, to highlight the opportunit ies and possibilities of current AI models. Participants are invited to c reate and submit an AI-generated song for their assigned country in the s tyle of typical Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) entry. At the grand finale e vent on May 12 at 17:00 in the main auditorium at Kollegienhaus (Aula 003) \, a selection of these songs will be played and all attendees will be abl e to vote for their favorite songs. While the votes are being tallied\, a panel discussion will be held to address the risks of AI for the music in dustry.\\r\\nRegister to attend [https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/concert/pop-roc k/ai-esc-and-panel-discussion-7312810903224772459.html]\\r\\n \\r\\n15 So ngs Representing 15 ESC Countries\\r\\nThe 15 "competing" countries at the AI-ESC were randomly selected from the particpating countries of the Eur ovision Song Contest 2025 [https://eurovision.tv/event/basel-2025/particip ants]. As well as the Big 5 (France\, Germany\, Italy\, Spain and the U nited Kingdom) and Switzerland as host\, 9 further countries were randomly selected from the two semi-finals (4 from SF1 and 5 from SF2) as they wil l appear during the Eurovision Basel 2025.\\r\\nSongs representing the fol lowing countries will participate in the AI-ESC Grand Finale: Croatia\, Cz echia\, Finland\, France\, Germany\, Greece\, Iceland\, Italy\, Lithuania\ , Malta\, Poland\, Spain\, Sweden\, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.\\r \\nHow did we decide who will be a part of the Grand Finale?\\r\\nParticip ants registered to be a part of the AI-ESC\, and were randomly allocated t o one of the 15 countries. 49 AI-generated songs were submitted to the AI- ESC organisers. After a compliance check\, 1 song for each country is rand omly selected to participate in the Grand Finale. No qualitative judgement of the submitted songs plays a role in selecting the finalists. X-ALT-DESC:

The Responsible Digital Society research network is organizin g an “AI-ESC” with only AI-generated music\, to highlight the opportun ities and possibilities of current AI models. \;Participants are invit ed to create and submit an AI-generated song for their assigned country&nb sp\;in the style of typical Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) entry. At the gr and finale event on May 12 at 17:00 in the main auditorium at Kollegienhau s (Aula 003)\, a selection of these songs will be played and all attendees will be able to \;vote for their favorite songs. While the votes are being tallied\, a panel discussion will be held to address the risks of AI for the music industry.

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15 Songs Represen ting 15 ESC Countries

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The 15 "competing" countries at the AI-ESC were randomly selected from the \;particpating countries of the Eu rovision Song Contest 2025. As well as \;the \;Bi g 5 \;(France\, Germany\, Italy\, Spain and the United Kingdom) a nd Switzerland as host\, 9 further countries were randomly selected from t he two semi-finals (4 from SF1 and 5 from SF2) as they will appear during the Eurovision Basel 2025.

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Songs representing the following countr ies will participate in the AI-ESC Grand Finale: Croatia\, Czechia\, Finla nd\, France\, Germany\, Greece\, Iceland\, Italy\, Lithuania\, Malta\, Pol and\, Spain\, Sweden\, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

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How did we decide who will be a part of the Grand Finale?

\n< p>Participants registered to be a part of the AI-ESC\, and were randomly a llocated to one of the 15 countries. 49 AI-generated songs were submitted to the AI-ESC organisers. After a compliance check\, 1 song for each count ry is randomly selected to participate in the Grand Finale. No qualitative judgement of the submitted songs plays a role in selecting the finalists.

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