A viral song this month showed one of the potential uses\u2014and a future battleground\u2014in the realm of artificial intelligence (A.I.). On April 4, an anonymous internet user named ghostwriter977 uploaded<\/a> a song titled “heart on my sleeve” to all the major streaming platforms, including Spotify, YouTube, and TikTok. The song sounds<\/a> like a collaboration between pop superstars Drake and The Weeknd, but neither is on the track: ghostwriter977 used A.I. to simulate the artists’ voices.<\/p>\n

Generative A.I.<\/a> analyzes existing pictures, video, text, or audio, and uses the patterns it finds to create new media. So if a user asks a generative A.I. platform for a song in the style of Drake, it can analyze the artist’s existing lyrics and recordings of his voice to generate an impersonation of a Drake song. So far, it’s unknown what software or platform ghostwriter977 used, nor whether they used A.I. to create the entire song or just the vocals.<\/p>\n

Reactions from within the music industry have been mixed: In response to an earlier example of an A.I. faking his voice, Drake posted<\/a> on Instagram, “This [is] the final straw AI.” Meanwhile, electropop musician Grimes tweeted<\/a>, “I’ll split 50% royalties on any successful AI generated song that uses my voice. Same deal as I would with any artist i collab with. Feel free to use my voice without penalty.” She added<\/a>, “I think it’s cool to be fused [with] a machine and I like the idea of open sourcing all art and killing copyright.”<\/p>\n

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I think it’s cool to be fused w a machine and I like the idea of open sourcing all art and killing copyright<\/p>\n

\u2014 ???????????????????????? (@Grimezsz) April 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n