Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

EXPLAINED: 12 - The Real Truth

Apple yanks AI-faked Drake and The Weeknd song after complaints

Apple Music is just one of the streaming services to remove a fake Drake and The Weeknd song created by AI.

iMore

OPINION - The Drake deepfake has exposed a music industry unprepared for AI

A collab by Canadian superstars Drake and The Weeknd, referencing the latter’s ex-girlfriend, the singer and actress Selena Gomez? Hand me that juice. Except, it’s not what it seems, dammit. Last Sunday an original track, heart on my sleeve, appeared online, uploaded by an anonymous artist known only as ghostwriter.…

Evening Standard

New Drake AI songs appear on YouTube after rapper lashed out at first attempts

The new tracks called ‘Winters Cold’ and ‘Not a Game’

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

OPINION - Tech & Science Daily podcast: AI song with ‘Drake’ and ‘The Weeknd’ removed by Spotify

Streaming services including Spotify, Tidal and Apple Music have removed a song made using artificial intelligence that cloned the voices of Drake and The Weeknd.

Evening Standard

It's just the start of what's set to be a long, complex conflict between deploying AI in pop culture and efforts to protect copyright.

Axios

AI-generated song yanked from streaming services

MONTREAL - A new song created using AI software to imitate Canadian singers Drake and The Weeknd has been removed from streaming services after quickly racking up millions of listens and sparking debate over the new technology.

Bangkok Post

The Idol: everything to know about the new Lily-Rose Depp, The Weeknd series, from the cast to the controversy

The series is from the “sick and twisted minds” of Sam Levinson and Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

AI song featuring cloned Drake and The Weeknd vocals pulled from Spotify and Apple Music

Heart on My Sleeve went viral on TikTok before racking up thousands of streams on streaming services

Manchester Evening News

Heart On My Sleeve, the AI-generated track that sounds like it was recorded by Drake and The Weeknd, has been pulled from streaming services

Universal Music Group says that AI impersonations constitute a violation of copyright law

MusicRadar

Drake and The Weeknd fans horrified by ‘terrifying accuracy’ of ‘AI-generated song collaboration’

‘I’m convinced it’s a real song but they’re hiding it under the AI to see how it’d get received,’ one fan commented

The Independent UK

Saved By The Bell's Elizabeth Berkley On Joining Lily-Rose Depp's New HBO Show And Wanting To Reteam With Mark-Paul Gosseallar

Elizabeth Berkley is going from Saved by the Bell to Lily-Rose Depp's new HBO show, but really wants to team up with Mark-Paul Gosselaar again.

Cinemablend

Guinness World Records crowns world’s most popular artists

The winning artists has over 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify

The Independent UK

1 … 9 10 11 12

People

Abel The Weeknd Tesfaye

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Guinness World Records

Universal Music Group

133 stories

Home Box Office Inc

77 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Earth

24,164 stories

Artificial Intelligence

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.