Elton John, Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and Florence Welch are among the over 400 artists who have signed a letter calling on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to update copyright laws in the face of A.I. technology. “We, along with 400 other creatives, have signed and sent this letter to the …
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AI-cloned versions of legendary U.K. broadcaster David Attenborough‘s voice are multiplying online — and he’s not happy about it. “Having spent a lifetime trying to speak what I believe to be the truth,” the 98-year-old naturalist and Planet Earth narrator told BBC News, “I’m profoundly disturbed to find that these …
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Next year marks the 30th anniversary of Jerry Garcia’s death. But a new AI initiative, as well as programs it could spawn, aims to keep the Grateful Dead leader’s presence alive. This summer, ElevenLabs, a two-year-old software company known for its advanced, lifelike voice AI tools, announced a free app …
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James Dupré was just as surprised as everyone when he heard Randy Travis’s AI-assisted vocal on “Where That Came From” for the first time a few weeks ago, but not just because it was the country legend’s first new song since suffering a 2013 stroke that robbed him of his …
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Drake’s new track “Push Up,” a diss directed at Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, the Weeknd, and others, had the rap world buzzing on Saturday. Then, shortly after, Rick Ross’ response, on “Champagne Stories,” turned a noteworthy day unforgettable.Hip-hop heads of a certain age were hit with a wave of nostalgia …
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You have an Oscar-nominated actor who’s played everything from queens to killing machines. You’ve paired her with a performer who is arguably the hottest, most in-demand next-gen leading man of the moment. The source material is the second novel from an acclaimed writer, whose first book (I’m Thinking of Ending …
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It looks like Luke Combs and sounds like Luke Combs, but the words the country star is “speaking” in an online ad peddling “miracle” weight-loss gummies sure aren’t his. “I was at an all-time low, and then God blessed me with the miracle root gummies. My good friend Lainey Wilson …
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THE FUTURE OF Music Interview is a Q&A in which our favorite artists and producers share their vision of what’s next, weighing in on everything from AI to emerging scenes to the artists inspiring them the most. As a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist who was more than happy to record a club …
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