how ai is breaking the silence and reigniting a stars’ career

Randy Travis

A stroke robbed country singer, Randy Travis of his voice last year. While he’s now able to speak, it remains a struggle and yet, thanks to the magic of AI, he just released his first song in over a decade. Can you tell that AI had a hand in this?

It is a remarkable, feel good example of the positive impact AI can have when properly controlled and plenty of artists are cautiously embracing it. For example, FKA twigs revealed she’s developed a deep fake of herself who has mastered her tone of voice, is able to speak multiple languages and could eventually handle her social media. But, as the singer-songwriter testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, ‘AI twigs,’ , must stay under her control. “What is not acceptable,” she said, “is when my art and my identity can simply be taken by a third party and exploited falsely for their own gain without my consent.”

FKA Twigs testifying on AI technology

Clearly, so much about this technology is still unknown and unsettling, but when you see what it can do for artists like Randy Travis, it sure feels hopeful. Our AI mashup of the Bieber’s future baby? The jury’s still out on that one.