Speculation surrounded the identity of Ghostwriter, the AI-generated song creator
There is no hard evidence that Drake or his label were involved in the creation of the song
The AI technology used samples of Drake and The Weeknd's voices to stitch together a new song
The ability to make songs using the voices of favorite artists is exciting for both music lovers and artists themselves
A song featuring A.I.-generated versions of Drake and the Weeknd went viral — before being taken down by streaming services. Is censorship of A.I.-generated songs the way forward? Or can singers benefit from synthetic voices, as some artists like Grimes are suggesting?
Then, HatGPT: Kevin and Casey pull headlines out of a hat and generate their own takes on the news.
And Ben Smith, the former BuzzFeed News editor, discusses the end of the 2010s digital media era.
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Ben Smith is a journalist and co-founder of the digital media company Semafor. He was a New York Times media columnist and the first editor in chief of BuzzFeed News.