Google just rolled out one of the most anticipated artificial intelligence music generators in the industry, a powerful tool that can let anyone who uses it describe music they want to hear and have a track generated seconds later. It’s a potential game-changer in the buzzy AI music sphere, but …
Read More »'Class of '09': Brian Tyree Henry Deserves More Than This AI-Themed Misfire
In the spring of 2020, a handful of shows developed to air on the basic cable channel FX instead debuted exclusively on Hulu. It was an attempt to better integrate different parts of the Disney corporate family in the aftermath of Disney acquiring most of Fox’s film and television assets, …
Read More »Timbaland Just Added Fuel to Our Growing Rap Dystopia
Maybe there’s an alternate universe where musicians are currently banding together against AI, opting to blackball anyone complicit in its rapid ascension from a viral sideshow into a thorn in the industry’s side. But that’s not the case on this planet, where prominent artists like Grimes and now Timbaland are …
Read More »Why Striking Hollywood Writers Fear an AI Future
For the first time since 2007, before streaming giants like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, and HBO Max existed, members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike May 1 after failing to negotiate a deal with Hollywood studios. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) entered into contract discussions with the …
Read More »Grimes on AI Songs: 'Feel Free to Use My Voice Without Penalty'
Grimes has weighed in on the growing use of artificial intelligence in music creation, saying she’s all for it. On Sunday night, she took to Twitter to share that she’d be happy to divvy royalties on a lucrative track that utilizes her singing. “I’ll split 50 [percent] royalties on any …
Read More »BuzzFeed, Elon Musk, and AI-Drake: How the 2010s Era Came to an End
For months, Twitter CEO Elon Musk repeatedly delayed phasing out blue verification checkmarks for users not subscribed to the site’s $8 subscription tier. It became a meme for Musk’s fumbling takeover of the social media site. “Final date for removing legacy Blue checks is 4/20,” he tweeted earlier this month. …
Read More »The Right Is Absolutely Terrified of 'Woke' AI
During a Tucker Carlson Tonight interview this week, when not talking about the urge to impregnate women, Elon Musk warned the Fox News host that the artificial intelligence tools developed by OpenAI may be “untruthful” if they’re trained to be “politically correct.” He also mused about creating an alternative to …
Read More »'Mrs. Davis' Is a Bonkers Vision of Our AI-Controlled Future
Midway through the second episode of the new Peacock series Mrs. Davis, vengeful nun Simone asks her rodeo cowboy ex Wiley to help her make sense of the events of the show up to that point. “Don’t underestimate how stupid this gets, sweetheart,” he warns her. It is almost impossible …
Read More »Viral Drake and The Weeknd AI Collaboration Pulled From Apple, Spotify
Metro Boomin‘s producer tag puts his signature stamp on “Heart on My Sleeve,” the viral song featuring what sounds like vocals from Drake and The Weeknd. But he didn’t have anything to do with creating it — and neither did they. The record, which features line after line of lyrics …
Read More »Nine Essential Steps Professionals Can Take to Stay Relevant in an AI-Dominated World
As artificial intelligence continues to reshape industries and job markets, professionals are left wondering how they can stay relevant and thrive in this new work world. Thankfully, while AI can automate many routine tasks, it cannot replace the skills that make people uniquely human. Below, nine members of Rolling Stone …
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