No, the latest Beatles track will not be generated automatically. 10 days ago, Paul McCartney announced to the BBC the upcoming release of a Beatles title. “We just finished it and it will be released this year,” he explained, noting that he used artificial intelligence to finish an incomplete John Lennon piece.
Many criticized the choice to generate the voice of the deceased singer in 1980, while AI-powered voice cloning tools are becoming more efficient.
In reality, this is not the case and Sir McCartney wanted to set the record straight on Twitter. “We have seen some confusion and speculation about this story,” he wrote. “I can’t say too much at this point, but to be clear, nothing was created artificially or synthetically.”
Clearly, the AI is only being used to clean up the tracks on this recording that George Harrison didn’t want to hear about because he found the sound quality to be poor.
Although the title of the song has not been released, it would be a John Lennon composition from 1978 called “Now and Then”, according to the BBC. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are the last survivors of the legendary British band.
Source: BFM TV
