The Tech That Shaped Hip-Hop
Dr. Andy Hildebrand, the creator of Auto-Tune accepts his technical Grammy in 2023.Photo: Kevork Djansezian (Getty Images) Auto-Tune, a digital production tool intended to correct pitch on vocals and instruments,…
The First Clip From Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Is So Good
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are no strangers to the big screen—but until now, they’ve never been up there talking about Guy Fieri, Drake, and Beyoncé. Turtle Power with Melissa…
Paul McCartney Claims AI Beatles Song Is Less ‘Artificial’ Than You Think
Paul McCartney is speaking out about the widely discussed “final” Beatles song that will be released later this year. The song was reimagined using artificial intelligence, McCartney clarified in a…
Spotify Purges Thousands of AI Songs to Stop Bots From Streaming Them
Spotify recently purged tens of thousands of AI-generated songs from its vast digital music library. The problem doesn’t appear to have been the songs themselves—which were generated using a proprietary…
Watch Taylor Swift Sing Kanye’s ‘Heartless’ and 14 Other AI Covers
Image: Frazer Harrison/Gareth Cattermole/Victor Boyko (Getty Images) Artificial intelligence and the music industry are having a moment, and it’s unclear at this point whether it’s a great one. As AI…
AI-Generated Amazon Reviews Are Beginning to Spread
Image: maxuser (Shutterstock) From Republican smear campaigns against Biden to a collaboration between The Weeknd and Drake going viral, it feels like AI is coming for every part of our…
Grimes Will Lend Her Voice to Your AI Song, But Only If You Split the Money
Grimes is best known for her songs “Oblivion” and “Kill V. Maim’” as well as her past relationship with tech tycoon Elon Musk.Image: Theo Wargo (Getty Images) Pop singer-songwriter Grimes…
Stack Overflow Joins Twitter and Reddit in Charging AI Companies for Training Data
Artificial intelligence companies like OpenAI scrape the internet for data in order to make their tech as smart as it is.Image: Dennis Diatel (Shutterstock) Stack Overflow is joining in on…
Apple’s Second Attempt at the HomePod is Not a Redemption
I’ve already made my Android-leaning ways known here at Gizmodo. When Apple announced it was updating the HomePod smart speaker, I didn’t understand why it was a big deal—or why…
8 Music Videos That Show How Fast Deepfakes Are Evolving
If there’s one thing aging nu-metal rap-rockers Limp Bizkit are not, it’s subtle. Naturally, that applies to their recent foray into deep fake videos as well. Last month, the band…