It is not clear what role AI has played in making the song except for synthesizing Drake's voice. The person doing the track is wearing a bed sheet and glasses. They call themselves Ghost Rider. We don't know if AI made the beat or wrote the lyrics, we just know that at some point in the process, they synthesize Drake's voice against somebody actually rapping actual lyrics.
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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