Drake has reacted to an AI version of his voice rapping an I-spice song. He posted a screenshot of the post to his Instagram stories and wrote, this is the final straw AI. How is Drake's label responding? "Universal" just released a statement about generative AI. And then very importantly, there's a line that said use of our songs to train these generative AI tools is a violation of our copyrights."
The Verge’s Nilay Patel explains how a spurious collaboration between Drake and The Weeknd started a copyright fight over generative AI. Holly Herndon introduces her AI alterego, Holly+.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Avishay Artsy, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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