Shawn Mendes Returns With New Album 'Shawn'

Two years after Shawn Mendes paused his career to take a mental health break, the singer will return in October with a new album titled Shawn. Ahead of the album’s Oct. 18 release, Mendes has shared the Shawn acoustic ballad “Isn’t That Enough.” “Music really can be medicine. 2 years …

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Senators Introduce Long-Awaited Bill to Protect Artists From AI Deepfakes

A bipartisan group of senators officially introduced a long-anticipated bill on Wednesday designed to protect peoples’ voices and visual likenesses from being exploited with artificial intelligence re-creations without their permission. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Thom Tillis introduced the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and …

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Beck Goes Orchestral at Carnegie Hall

In the time of chimpanzees he was a monkey, but now, after 30-plus years of practice, practice, practice, Beck has made it to Carnegie Hall. “This is a good-sounding room,” he deadpanned on Tuesday night, during the second of two performances at the fabled venue. “It sounds pretty good. I’ve …

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