Is music under threat? Paul McCartney has used AI to finish an old Beatles song. Some are asking whether we need musicians at all?
AI used to create one last Beatles song
Is music under threat? Paul McCartney has used AI to finish an old Beatles song. Some are asking whether we need musicians at all?
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The BeatlesAn English rock band formed in Liverpool in the 1960s. One of the most famous bands of all time. were one of the biggest bands of the 1960s. Today, two of the Beatles are dead. But the band is about to share a new song. How?
The answer is AIA computer programme that has been designed to think. . This week, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney said that he is using AI to finish a song by his bandmate John Lennon. He will use AI to copy Lennon's voice.
AI is on the rise in music. Earlier this year, an artist called Ghostwriter released a song made by AI in the style of pop stars Drake and The Weeknd. It had 230,000 plays on YouTube.
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"It's kind of scary but exciting, because it's the future," says McCartney.
Many musicians worry that they might lose their jobs to AI. Some worry that you might not pay a guitarist when you could use AI instead.
Yet not everyone agrees. Some musicians say they love AI. Holly Herndon uses an AI version of her own voice - nicknamed Holly+ - to sing alongside her.
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Yes! AI music is a threatA possible source of danger. to musicians. It can be made almost for free, and does not need talent or skill.
No! We have to change as technology changes. Music today is very different to 100 or 1,000 years ago. This does not have to be a bad thing.
The Beatles - An English rock band formed in Liverpool in the 1960s. One of the most famous bands of all time.
AI - A computer programme that has been designed to think.
Threat - A possible source of danger.
AI used to create one last Beatles song

Glossary
The Beatles - An English rock band formed in Liverpool in the 1960s. One of the most famous bands of all time.
AI - A computer programme that has been designed to think.
Threat - A possible source of danger.