Artificial intelligence is now taking on the music industry. A song featuring AI-generated vocals purporting to be Drake and the Weeknd has been pulled from streaming services.
A new song created using AI software to imitate Canadian singers Drake and The Weeknd has been removed from streaming services after quickly racking up millions of listens and sparking debate over the new technology. Released last Friday, “Heart On My Sleeve” was briefly available on platforms including Spotify and Apple Music before Universal Music Group which publishes both artists through its Republic Records subsidiary – said it violates copyrights and asked for its removal. The song features artificial intelligence (AI) simulating the voices of the two artists trading verses about actor and pop star Selena Gomez, who once dated The Weeknd. Its creator, known only as @ghostwriter, claims to have used software that was trained on their voices to make the track, posting: “I used AI to make a Drake song feat. The Weeknd”. “This is just the beginning,” he added on TikTok.
