AI-generated Drake and The Weeknd duet eligible for Grammys

AFP

An AI-generated tune that includes the deep pretend voices of Drake and The Weeknd shall be eligible for Grammy Awards as a result of it was written by a human.

Heart On My Sleeve is a tune written by a web based content material creator referred to as Ghostwriter and makes use of AI know-how to imitate the voices of Drake and The Weeknd to sound as if the artists are singing the tune. 

Despite the voices not being actual, the CEO of Recording Academy, Harvey Mason Jr, has confirmed in an interview with the New York Times that the tune is eligible for the Grammy Awards because it was written by a human. 

Ghostwriter has submitted the tune within the ‘Song of the Year’ and ‘Best Rap Song’ classes for subsequent 12 months’s Grammy Awards ceremony. 

The observe went viral on TikTok earlier this 12 months, amassing 15 million views, earlier than it was shortly taken down for copyright infringement by Universal Music Group.