Anyone Can Make an AI-Generated Grimes Song, But That Doesn’t Mean It’ll Be a Hit
So far, the Canadian singer-songwriter’s AI experiment has yet to upend the music industry
Canadian singer-songwriter, software-enthusiast Grimes (Claire Elise Boucher)
Photographer: ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images
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In early May, Grimes, the elven, extremely online singer and tech enthusiast, made headlines by announcing that she’d allow anyone to use her voice to make a song using generative AI. And not only that – she’d split any resulting royalties 50/50.